It had just 80 columns, an artifact that remained in text editors for years after most of the cards were tossed away.

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"He even described the color of the text written by my editors when they were making changes in my copy, " Mr. Mehiri says.

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For publishers there are editorial tools that editors can use, such as one to add text labels to a particular item in a photo, which will pop up when consumers roll over it.

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