Fifteen years ago in The Newsletter on Newsletters.How personal computers will revolutionize your newsletter production "The personal computer will soon supplant sup·plant tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants 1. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics. 2. much of the dedicated and expensive equipment used in many publishing operations, including typesetters, page make-up terminals, and outside mailing services." This is the prediction of James Cavuoto, editor-publisher of Micro-Publishing Report, whose first issue is just off the press. Cavuoto compares the coming revolution in micro publishing technology to the advent of personal computer-based word processing systems a decade ago. "Just as word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and software running on PCs put an end to dedicated word processing systems, so will micro-based layout and pagination (1) Page numbering. (2) Laying out printed pages, which includes setting up and printing columns, rules and borders. Although pagination is used synonymously with page makeup, the term often refers to the printing of long manuscripts rather than ads and brochures. programs eliminate the need for expensive electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. systems," he said. --August 15, 1985 |
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