Most text is currently entered electronically to allow for easy editing, spell checking, and connection to electronic newsfeeds. Most paper documents are printed from an electronic form of the document. Word processors have displaced typewriters in recent years. Add-ons to word processors are coming into use this year to simplify the creation of linked Web documents using the imbedded HTML markup language. Some publications include both printed and electronic forms of the same document.
Networks provide for the rapid publishing and delivery of electronic publications on a demand basis.
On The industry needs to spend more effort on what can be done with documents once they are delivered. It is these topics that are addressed by this document. Problems of Reading from Computer Screens Desk-top computers are far from ideal as devices to read documents. Very few people can claim to have read a novel or even a ten page memo using a computer. Pen-based computers offer the more familiar size and reading angles of books.