Copy (written)

Under a typescript is understood according to Duden even a machine- authored by the author manuscript. Originally the term referred to typed using a typewriter texts. Today, the term is also used for electronically -generated text, that is created with a computer and appropriate software for word processing.

Since the production of books has changed dramatically in recent years with digital set and digital printing, electronic processing of the text by the author always more and more important. Authors must know and take into account the principles of the electronic record. For this they receive from the publishers corresponding specifications, often electronic templates.