Because notebooks are expressions, their characteristics can be changed programmatically using the familiar Wolfram language.

In 1988 Wolfram Research invented the notebook document. Unlike other documents, notebooks are live--combining interactive typeset inputs and outputs, 2D and 3D graphics, calculations, Mathematica programs, text, and other elements.

Mathematica notebooks are automatically reformatted for screen or printout--optimizing fonts and layout for each medium. Mathematica provides hundreds of options that allow users to give notebooks any desired look and generate full publication-quality documents.

Notebooks are the ideal hub for all of an individual's or group's technical work, able to encompass the structure of almost any file or data format, and with import and export capability for over 70.