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The article discusses the creation of digital fonts modeled after wood typographic design. Topics include the history of wood type, the preservation of wood type materials after the switch to digital typesetting in print shops, and the work of the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin with the firm P22 Type Foundry Inc.

Obstacles to hospitals implementing computerized physician order entry (CPOE), including high costs and physician resistance, can be addressed by strong hospital and physician leadership and a focus on the patient [...]

Provides information on computer typesetting. Spreadsheet, as one of the most corrupting game to run on a computer; Significance of Professor Donald Knuth's invention of computer typesetting; Information on the P22 type foundry.

The article discusses the functions of the TeX typsetting system developed by Don Knuth in 1977. Topics discussed include the history of TeX typeset, use of TeX in academic and scientific publishing and advantages of using TeX in linguistics. Also discussed are the features of TeX derivative LaTeX, platforms for TeX and LaTeX and advantages of using TeX with the mobile application Archimedes.

Page-Description Language Increases Power, Sophistication of Laser Printers When low-cost laser printers first hit the market in 1984, they offered PC users a promising tool for producing top-quality documents. Unfortunately, [...]

THE DESIGNERS of new tools might draw inspiration from the old. Take the monk's quill, for example. Despite its simplicity, the quill was a tool of marvelous agility. Used one [...]

The author offers his thoughts on some of his personal choice among word processors. He said that OpenOffice and NeoOffice include presentation modules that work well with PowerPoint. He also said that Google Docs lets a computer user to create, collaborate on, and display presentations over the Web. He also said that Adobe Photoshop is effective in creating text slides.

The article shows the two main ways to create styles and how to modify existing ones using the Microsoft Word 2007 software. Users should think about what kind of styles they will create and how they are going to use them so they can come up with consistent naming scheme. It presents the ways to use formatted text to create style. To create new styles, users should click in an area that has the Normal style applied and then open the Styles Pane and click the New Style button. Users can specify how the new style will be displayed and where it will be available through the two checkboxes and a pair of radio buttons.

This article provides information on the types of indents in the Corel WordPerfect 11. The three most common types are single indent, double indent and hanging indent. The single indent shifts every line within that paragraph to the next tab setting, which is common when beginning a new paragraph. The double indent brings in the paragraph one tab setting from both side margins, which is a good choice for particularly long or important text. A hanging indent moves all but the first line in by half an inch.

The article presents information on a recently released word processing tool called WordPress 2.0. The tool provides the added ability to create a new category directly from the post-writing interface, a feature that should be standard in any blogging system. The new version also has improved roles system for users, which replaces previous versions' bizarro level system. WordPress 2.0 also adds a WYSIWYG editor that works fine and will probably be appreciated by many users and an upload option has been added to the posting screen as well, which seems like a good idea.

This section presents the opinion of "MacAddict" staff on what invention they cannot live without. Roman Loyola says he cannot live without aglets. Sean Molloy's invention of choice is the Microsoft Word. He argues that he would not know what to do if someone presented him with a typewriter and forced him to write in a linear, beginning-to-end fashion. Peter Marshutz says he would be broke, bored and lonely if not for eyeglasses and contact lenses. Jake Widman argues that the ATM is the most significant invention of the past 30 years.

The article reports that the General Assembly of standards body Ecma International has accepted the Microsoft Corp.'s application related to a formal standard for its office productivity applications. Ecma Secretary General Jan van den Beld has said that the Assembly has created a technical committee titled TC45 to produce a formal standard for office productivity applications which is fully compatible with the Office Open XML Formats, submitted by Microsoft. According to the author, Microsoft's move to a formal standard follows the provocative Massachusetts Open-Document debate and appears to be a direct move by the company to prevent the potential loss of any further government and business contracts for Office. In this regard the other technical developers said it a huge boost for the users and the developers of open-source productivity applications. Microsoft also looked at Sun Microsystems's recent approach to OpenDocument Format, an XML-based international office document standard for storing data from desktop applications such as word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software.

The article reviews the StarOffice 8 office suite from Sun Microsystems.

The article presents information about personal digital assistant Nokia 9500 Communicator. At 14.8 x 5.7 x 2.4cm and 230g, the Nokia 9500 is a hulking great gadget. And while this is a Symbian device, Microsoft applications are well supported, with Office-compliant word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software. The 9500 boasts tri-band GSM, GPRS and EDGE for use while on the road, plus Bluetooth and 802.11b Wi-Fi for joining the office WLAN and taking advantage of wireless hotspots. Configuring the different wireless standards is simple — a dialog prompts to select the appropriate network when a connection is attempted. The pointing device automatically switches between acting as a mouse and a navigator for the menu system. Four buttons down the right edge provide context-sensitive actions, and a set of eight hot keys offer quick access to commonly-used applications. With the case closed, phone operation is identical to most Nokia phones. Startup and SIM read times were impressive at 30 and 50 seconds respectively.

The article presents news related to personal computer segment. Typically, an all-round machine for the home must be able to do several tasks: surf the Net, word processing, gaming, homework, storing photos and possibly even producing digital video. The system runs cooler, it is quieter, and APC's benchmark figures indicate that a 2.1GHz Pentium M processor is capable of out-performing a 3GHz Pentium 4. The system has to stay up and running under deadline pressures, so it needs to be impervious to viruses and malware.

The article reports that ViewSonic has been a player in the tablet PC arena for a long time. The company's newest tablet PC is the V1250S, a convertible tablet PC with an incorporated keyboard. The V1250S is a sister product to ViewSonic's first tablet line, the V1100, which is strictly a slate product. The V1100 appeals to end users whose applications accept handwritten input. ViewSonic's new V1250S convertible design is suited for those situations, as well as corporate applications like word processing or spread-sheets that accept typed input.

Several letters to the editor discussing various topics including computer typology and diacritics, using a foot pedal to operate keyboard functions, using a foot pedal to operate keyboard functions, a decision of former columnist Florence King to move to Seattle in Washington are presented.

Provides tips for the manipulation of photoshop software in Australia. Adjustment of the anti-aliasing keys; Ways for dealing text changes; Keys for text selection; Display of text boxes.

A year ago, many more companies were supporting Windows 2.X with scalable type. The majority of these programs did not support Windows with on-the-fly scaling of screen fonts and printer […]

By David Strom and Diane Bernard The font strategies announced by IBM, Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Systems Inc. last week drew the battle lines between three major font-scaling technologies. While […]

Describes the process of computer pre-press in printing. Computer layouting; Development of proofs; Doing of artwork; Process color separation; Changing of art into a series of digital signals through high-speed scanners; Printing of the work.

Cites survey findings by Adobe Systems Inc. on the most readable computer typefaces for faxing in the U.S. Palatino; Helvetica; ITC Bookman.

Discusses solutions to various problems concerning font management on the Macintosh computer. Four types of font-related files on the Macintosh computer; Adobe font library; Quark PS Utilities; Font-listing utilities; Fonts' failure to display correctly on-screen; Font-management utilities.

An excerpt from the newspaper "San Diego Union-Tribune," about the benefit that could be acquired from computerized typesetting is presented.

An excerpt is presented from an article in "The Times" about an automated typesetting system demonstrated by The Composing Room Inc.

The article reports that ValuSoft Inc., a division of THQ Inc. has launched its Office Suite 2005 for personal computers. With Office Suite 2005, crucial everyday applications, including word processing and spreadsheets, are available to PC users at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft Office. The feature-complete Office Suite 2005 allows users to create, edit and save Word and Excel compatible documents for countless uses, including school projects, personal letters, business proposals and accounting spreadsheets. Its powerful features include the ability to enhance documents with pictures, sounds, tables, OLE objects, custom styles and more. The Excel compatible features bring spreadsheets to life with 2D and 3D graphs and "what-if" scenarios. Office Suite 2005 makes document distribution quick and easy with the PDF feature, and the mail merge function is a fast and simple way to create letters, envelopes and labels. The photo editing capabilities include removal of "red eye," restoration of photo color with one click editing, preparation of photo slideshows with professional transition and sounds, publishing of photos on the web or via email and the creation of photo CDs to share with others.

Opinion. Looks at how systems librarians in the United States can use their personal World Wide Web page as a testing ground for new techniques as well as an outlet for creativity in the field of Web technology. Features of some of the personal home pages of systems librarians; Overview of the sites created by systems librarians Eric Lease, Elaine MacLean and David S. Carter; How the author personalized his Web page in July, 1996.

This article features the Star computer system, developed and marketed by Cuadra Associates of Santa Monica, California. The production tool carries with it more than 17 staff years of system design, programming and refinement, the latest version, which is the 2.2, of Star is ready for action in building straight bibliographic or text files as well as textual/numeric databases. Users can define files, carry out data input and editing functions, and produce specially formatted output ready for an online host or publication typesetting literally in one or two days after Star is installed. Building a database and publication production system via Star is very straightforward. The stages of the process are: Database Definition, Data Entry, Report Generation and Search.

Desktop Publishing may be Next PC Revolution Major corporations are experimenting with desktop-publishing systems to learn whether they offer significant advantages over established printing technologies. The term 'desktop publishing' was [...]

Database management ability and a thorough knowledge of its customers' industry help this Wisconsin typesetter stay ahead AUTOMOTIVE PARTS and accessories manufacturers tend to be among the first to use [...]