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IMPLICIT CODING [2 records]

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Record 1 1988-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
CONT

Coding methods for document mark-up. There are two basic methods of coding documents for typesetting; implicit coding and generic or explicit coding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)

Spanish

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Record 2 1988-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
CONT

Using implicit coding has many advantages. If the document is based on a very strict format, then typesetting can be done without adding any codes. The typesetting program can pick up on various keyboard symbols and assign attributes to them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique

Spanish

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