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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24(e)

                           METATEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         FOR ANNUAL REPORTS ON FORM 10-K




         The undersigned, a director of Metatec International, Inc., an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey M. Wilkins
and Julia A. Pollner, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to act without the other, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place, and stead, in my
capacity as directory of the Company, to execute the Company's Form 10-K Annual
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, and for each fiscal year
thereafter, and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



Dated:   August 15, 2000                        /s/ Daniel D. Viren
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                                                Daniel D. Viren
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Dated:    February 26, 2001                     /s/ David P. Lauer
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                                                Signature

                                                David P. Lauer
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