authoring tools - [phrase] Authoring tools help in the preparation of texts. Generally, they are facilities provided in association with word processing, desktop publishing, and document management systems to aid the author of documents. They typically include an on-line dictionary and thesaurus, spell-checking, grammar-checking, and style-checking, and facilities for structuring, integrating and linking documents. [see APOLLO, SCARRIE, DOCSTEP, MULTIDOC]. Authori