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): April 29, 2004

                          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 April 29, 2004, reporting
                           Document Sciences Corporation's financial results for
                           the first fiscal quarter of 2004.

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

      On April 29, 2004, Document Sciences Corporation issued a press release to
report its financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2004. 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: April 29, 2004
                                      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 April 29, 2004, reporting Document Sciences
           Corporation's financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2004.


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