@Priyajsridhar
Before the computer, would I have used quill-cut pens, typewriters, or ... ?
I made extra cash in college typing papers ($1/page) on my electric typewriter.
I started college with a manual typewriter, plain paper & no white-out. That didn't last.
I had a [borrowed] WANG word processor when I was in b-school.
Robert Heinlein famously *loved* his word processor--he was an early adopter.