6. Conclusion

The transfer of paper documents to digital format is not limited to the application of technological processes, but requires reflection on the impact of the presentation and formatting options chosen on the end-user. The recommendations presented in this article are based on experimental studies that have evaluated certain document presentation, organization and formatting devices from the point of view of their cognitive processing.

The current trend in electronic documents is to reduce the constraints of space and time, with local information devices and extended consultation capacity from a central point.

A second trend, which is more difficult to implement, is to allow several types of document presentation, which users can adapt according to their expertise in the field and the platform on which they are viewing the document....