POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Suzanne S. Bettman, Jennifer B. Reiners and Scott D.
Russell, and each of them, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent in any
and all capacities, to:
(1)                 execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director or officer of R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (the "Company"), Forms
3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), as well as Forms 144 in accordance with the
Securities Act of 1933 and the rules thereunder;
(2)               do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned  which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, and/or
Form 144, and timely file such Form(s) with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the New York Stock Exchange, including
completion of Form ID or any other form or document required to utilize the SEC's
electronic filing system; and
(3)               take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact named herein full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
that such attorney-in-fact or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, as amended.
The undersigned revokes all prior powers of attorney related to the subject matter of
this Power of Attorney.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 4th day of April, 2005.

Glenn R. Richter                               	/s/ Glenn R. Richter
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