Editing Desk (section)

==Steel versions==
A small boom in office work and desk production occurred at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th with the introduction of smaller and less expensive electrical presses{{elucidate|date=April 2015}} and efficient [[carbon paper]] coupled with the general acceptance of the [[typewriter]]. Steel desks were introduced to take heavier loads of paper and withstand the pounding meted out on the typewriters. This also gave rise to the "[[typewriter desk]]", a platform, sometimes on wheels and with expandable surface via flaps, that was built to a specific height to make typing easier and more comfortable than when using a standard or traditional desk. The L-shaped desk also became popular, with the "leg" being used as an annex for the typewriter.

Another big expansion occurred after the [[Second World War]] with the spread of [[photocopying]]. Paperwork further increased the number of desk workers, whose work surfaces diminished in size as office rents rose, and the paper itself was moved more and more directly to filing cabinets or sent to specialized [[records management center]]s, or transformed into [[microfilm]], or both. Modular desks seating several co-workers close by became common. Even executive or management desks became mass-produced, built of cheap [[plywood]] or [[fiberboard]] covered with wood finish, as the number of people managing the white collar workers became even greater.