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An '''electronic document''' is any [[electronic media content]] (other than [[computer programs]] or [[system files]]) that are intended to be used in either an electronic form or as printed output.

== Description ==

Originally, any [[Data (computing)|computer data]] were considered as something internal — the final data output was always on [[paper]].

However, the development of [[computer networks]] has made it so that in most cases it is much more convenient to distribute electronic documents than printed ones.

And the improvements in electronic display technologies mean that in most cases it is possible to view documents on screen instead of printing them (thus saving [[paper]] and the space required to store the printed copies).

However, using electronic documents for final presentation instead of [[paper]] has created the problem of multiple [[incompatible file formats]].

Even [[text files]] are not free from this problem — e.g. under [[MS-DOS]], most programs could not work correctly with [[UNIX]]-style text files (see [[newline]]), and for non-English speakers, the different code pages always have been a source of trouble.

Even more problems are connected with complex file formats of various [[word processors]], [[spreadsheets]] and [[graphics software]].

To alleviate the problem, many software companies distribute free file viewers for their proprietary file formats (one example is Adobe's [[Acrobat Reader]]).

The other solution is the development of standardized non-proprietary file formats (such as [[HTML]] and [[OpenDocument]]), and electronic documents for specialized uses have specialized formats – the specialized electronic articles in [[physics]] use [[TeX]] or [[PostScript]].

== See also ==

* [[Email]]
* [[Text editor]]
* [[Text file]]
* [[Word processor]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_document Electronic document] @ Wikipedia

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 == See also ==
 * [[Email]]
 * [[Text editor]]
 * [[Text file]]
 * [[Word processor]]
 == External links ==

Electronic document - Revision history

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