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5.7 Summary
Often considered the least glamorous of the various media, text is nonetheless an impor-
tant element in many multimedia applications. Text is often the most efficient commu-
nication medium and it is essential for the presentation of abstract ideas and theories.
Well-crafted words can also be powerfully engaging and provocative.
Multimedia text is built on a long-standing text tradition and on the powerful edit-
ing tools of computer-generated text, but it has also made its own contributions to the
expanding uses of the written word. These include many dynamic elements. Multimedia
text can be animated, morphed, linked to any other medium, and automatically gener-
ated from speech. Like all written communication, ...