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| + | * [[Born-digital]] | ||
| + | * [[E-book]] | ||
* [[Email]] | * [[Email]] | ||
| + | * [[Electronic Document Professional]] | ||
| + | * [[Electronic paper]] | ||
| + | * [[Paperless office]] | ||
* [[Text editor]] | * [[Text editor]] | ||
* [[Text file]] | * [[Text file]] | ||
* [[Word processor]] | * [[Word processor]] | ||
| + | * [[Xplor International]] - The Electronic Document Systems Association | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:06, 28 April 2016
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 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
- Born-digital
- E-book
- Electronic Document Professional
- Electronic paper
- Paperless office
- Text editor
- Text file
- Word processor
- Xplor International - The Electronic Document Systems Association
External links
- Electronic document @ Wikipedia
