UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 2003

                          DOCUMENT SCIENCES CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Delaware                   0-20981                  33-0485994
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)           File Number)            Identification No.)

         6339 Paseo del Lago
         Carlsbad, California                                   92009
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (760) 602-1400

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c) Exhibits:

      The following exhibit is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

      Exhibit Number             Description of Exhibit
      --------------             ----------------------

           99.1         Press release, dated October 27, 2003, reporting
                        Document Sciences Corporation's financial results for
                        the third fiscal quarter of 2003.

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

      On October 27, 2003, Document Sciences Corporation issued a press release
to report its financial results for the third fiscal quarter of 2003. A copy of
the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit
99.1.

      The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit attached
hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of such section.


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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 27, 2003
                                       DOCUMENT SCIENCES CORPORATION


                                       By:   /s/ John L. McGannon
                                             -----------------------------------
                                       Name: John L. McGannon
                                       Its:  President, Chief Executive Officer
                                             and Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number                          Description

99.1              Press release, dated October 27, 2003, reporting Document
                  Sciences Corporation's financial results for the third fiscal
                  quarter of 2003.


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