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Publishing Pioneer Seybold Dies

HAVERFORD, PA—John W. Seybold, 88, who was credited with inventing many of the concepts now used to create, edit, format and manipulate text information for print or electronic distribution, died March 14 of heart failure. Seybold's Rocappi (Research on Computer Applications in the Printing and Publishing Industries) and his work with other technology innovators helped shape the print publishing industry.