Hypertext: Theories and Reality

It was interesting to read about the theories which must have led to our word processing, spreadsheets, and hypertext. We take these electronic skills for granted, but they were all dreams in 1945, 1965, and 1988.
Now, as Bush, Nelson, and Joyce predicted elements of and Bolter almost describes, we can set our own typeface, work on multiple windows at once, move text, delete text, add images, move images, set up a spreadsheet to automatically make calculations in rows and columns, and multiple other wonderful tasks made possible by electronics. We can refer to other documents with hypertext, then transfer back. Text and images are tickets to other cyber-"places". As Ruth says, we can research the world almost without ever leaving home, print our results or publish them.
Publishing now has a new meaning - contributing to global knowledge.