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In the 1960s, John and Jonathan Seybold founded and ran the pioneering computer typesetting company Rocappi. In 1971, they started the Seybold Report, which had a major role in guiding the computer transformation of publishing that took place in that decade. In 1981, Jonathan started the companion company, Seybold Seminars, to conduct conferences and (later) exhibitions, which facilitated the even broader revolutions in computing and publishing in the 1980s and 1990s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Donald Knuth began the development of TeX in 1977 and had an initial version running in 1978, with the aim of typesetting mathematical documents with the highest quality and with archival reproducibility far into the future. Its usage spread and today the TeX system remains in use by a vibrant user community. However, the world of TeX has always been somewhat out of sync with the commercial desktop publishing systems that began to come out in the mid-1980s, and are now ubiquitous in the worlds of publishing and printing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the evolution of word processing programs and the origins of office automation which demonstrate the history of computer applications. It describes the pre-personal computer years of word processing development, as well as how text was prepared before the introduction of personal computer-based software. It also notes the extent to which word processing existed in other forms before the personal computer appeared. Furthermore, it emphasizes the great changes in data processing brought about by the development of word processing programs.

The article presents an anecdote about the technological innovations in newspaper publishing. It offers information on the project management and technical management of a photocomposition project for Mergenthaler Linotype Co. created by two of its consultants. Furthermore, it describes how the programs produced by these consultants for the "New York Daily News" have ended the use of Linotype machines and introduced the usability of high-quality electronic text publishing.

Evaluates several Tex and Latex document-oriented typesetting systems from Texperts company. Tex Version 2.1; C Tex Version 2.9; C Tex Version 2.93. INSET: IN BRIEF.

Presents the introductory editorial for this issue of the publication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]