Text Processing and Document Manipulation
Proceedings of the International Conference, University of Nottingham, 14-16 April 1986

This book covers all aspects of computer document preparation text processing and printing.

J. C. van Vliet (Edited by)

9780521110310, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 7 May 2009

288 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg

This book covers all aspects of computer document preparation text processing and printing. Computers are being used increasingly in the processing of documents, from simple textual material, such as letters and memos, to complete books with mathematical formulae and graphics. The material may be extensively edited and manipulated on the computer before subsequent output on media such as typewriters, laser printers or photocomposers. This volume contains contributions from several established leaders in the field, and a number of research articles referred by an international programme committee. As such, the book gives a good impression of the state-of-the art in this area, which is of major importance in this 'electronic age' where on-line information retrieval and electronic publishing will increasingly affect our everyday life.

Contents
Preface
1. The design of Lucida®: an integrated family of types for electronic literacy C. Bigelow and K. Holmes
2. Tabular typography R. J. Beach
3. A simple mechanism for authorship of dynamic documents P. J. Brown
4. VORTEXT: VictORias TEXT reading and authoring system V. A. Burrill
5. An approach to the design of a page description language D. J. Harris
6. Intelligent matching and retrieval for electronic document manipulation E. J. Yannakoudakis
7. A disciplined text environment R. Hamlet
8. Semantic guided editing: a case study on genetic manipulations M. Nanard, J. Nanard, J. Sallantin and J. Haiech
9. Trends and standards in document representation V. Joloboff
10. Textmaster - document filing and retrieval using ODA M. H. Kay
11. Combining interactive document editing with batch document formatting D. D. Cowan and G. de V. Smit
12. Formatting structure documents: batch versus interactive? G. Coray, R. Ingold and C. Vanoirbeek
13. Advanced catalogue production at unipart B. Gowan
14. Legibility of digital type-fonts and comprehension in reading C. Y. Suen and M. K. Komoda
15. An overview of the W document preparation system P. R. King
16. Grif: an interactive system for structured document manipulation V. Quint and I. Vatton
17. Procedural page description languages B. K. Reid
18. A strategy for compressed storage and retrieval of documents P. Goyal and V. Kotamarti
19. CONCEPT BROWSER: a system for interactive creation of dynamic documentation U. Corda and G. Facchetti
20. An integrated, but not exact-representation, editor/formatter R. Furuta
21. An annotated bibliography on document processing J. C. van Vliet and J. B. Warmer
Systems used.

Subject Areas: Desktop publishing [UGD]