DTP applications[edit]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of desktop publishing software.

Adobe FrameMaker

Adobe HomePublisher

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Muse

Adobe PageMaker

Adobe Photoshop

Aldus Personal Press

Apple Pages 4.x

Banner Mania

Corel Ventura

Coreldraw

iStudio Publisher

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Publisher

OpenOffice.org / LibreOffice

PageStream (used to be "Publishing Partner")

Printworks (Mac App Store)

PTC Arbortext

QuarkXPress

Ready,Set,Go

Scribus

Serif PagePlus

Xara Page & Layout Designer

Swift Publisher (Mac App Store)

Web-based application[edit]

365Layouts.com

Fatpaint

Lucidpress

File formats[edit]
The design industry standard is Encapsulated Postscript. Adobe InDesign proprietary format
is also common among graphic design professionals. Microsoft Publisher format is common
for home users. Open formats include OpenDocument Graphics used as default
in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice.

See also[edit]

Comparison of desktop publishing software

List of desktop publishing software

Document processor

Camera-ready

Desktop video

E-book

Electronic publishing

References[edit]
1.

Jump up^ "What You See Is Pretty Close to What You Get: New h&j, pagination
program for IBM PC," Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, 13(10), February 13, 1984,
pp. 21-2.

2.

Jump up^ "Type-X '85: Fulfilling the Promise of the PC," Seybold Report on
Publishing Systems, 15(2) pp. 4-5.

3.

Jump up^ Stiff, Paul (13 September 2006). "The Stafford papers". The optimism of
modernity: recovering modern reasoning in typography. Retrieved 27 December 2009.

4.

Jump up^ Robin Williams, The Mac is not a typewriter: A style manual for creating
professional-level type on your Macintosh (Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 1990), 11.

5.

Jump up^ Thompson, Keith (8 June 1987). "MacIntosh Layout Package

Remarkably Fast, Powerful". InfoWorld. 9 (23): 51. Retrieved2011-04-15.

6.

Jump up^ the addition or removal of space between individual characters in a piece
of typeset text to improve its appearance or alter its fit

Further reading[edit]
An early (and comprehensive) reference book on the art of desktop publishing is Desktop
Publishing For Everyone by K.S.V. Menon. This publication deals with virtually every facet
of publishing and nearly all tools available at the time (2000). It is currently out of print.

External links[edit]

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Desktop publishing

Re
sources in your library

Re
sources in other libraries

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Free software

LyX
Apache OpenOffice Draw

Software freew
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PagePlus SE
PDF-XChange
Fatpaint (Cloud-based)

Proprietary
software

Acrobat
FrameMaker
InDesign
PageMaker
Calamus
Corel Ventura
Microsoft Publisher

PagePlus
Pages
PageStream
QuarkXPress
Timeworks Publisher
Web design
Mobile publishing
See also

Electronic publishing
Printing
List of PDF software
Comparison of e-book readers

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The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.

Contents
[hide]

1Overview

2Operating system

3Input format

4Output format

5References

Overview[edit]
This table provides general software information including the developer, latest stable
version, the year in which the software was first released, and the license under which it
is available.
Desktop
publishing
software

Developer(s)

Latest stable
version

Initial
release

License

CorelDRAW

Corel

X7 (17.0) (March 27,

2014; 2 years ago)

1989

Commercial, proprietary

Fatpaint (Cloudbased)

Mersica Inc.

1.98 (August 19, 2011;

5 years ago)

2010

Freeware

FrameMaker

Adobe Systems

12.0.3 (September 25,

2014; 22 months ago)

1986

Commercial, proprietary

InDesign

Adobe Systems

CC 2014 (10.0.0.70)
(June 18, 2014; 2 years
ago)

1999

Commercial, proprietary

InPage

InPage Team

3.0 (2008; 8 years ago)

1994

Commercial, proprietary

iStudio Publisher

iStudio Software

1.1.4 (June 15, 2010; 6

years ago)

2009

Commercial, proprietary

LyX

The LyX Team

2.1.2.2 (November 17,

2014; 20 months ago)

1995

GPL

Microsoft

Microsoft

15.0 (January 29,

1991

Trialware

Desktop
publishing
software

Developer(s)

Latest stable
version

Publisher

Corporation

2013; 3 years ago)

Apache
OpenOffice Writer

Apache Software
Foundation and
others

4.1.1 (August 21,

2014; 2 years ago)

LibreOffice

The Document
Foundation

Initial
release

License

2002

Apache License 2.0 (Apache

OpenOffice 3.4 and later)

2011

LGPL v3

"Fresh"
version:
5.2.0 (August 3, 2016; 23
days ago[1])[]

"Still"
version:
5.1.5 (August 3, 2016; 23
days ago[1])[]

PageMaker

Adobe Systems

7.0.2 (March 30, 2004;

12 years ago)

1985

Commercial, proprietary

PagePlus

Serif Europe

X9 (November 19,
2015; 9 months ago)

1991

Commercial, proprietary

Pages

Apple Inc.

2005

Commercial, proprietary

PageStream

Grasshopper LLC

5.0 (2005; 11 years

ago)

1986

Commercial, proprietary

QuarkXPress

Quark, Inc.

10.0 (September 16,

2013; 2 years ago)

1987

Commercial, proprietary

RagTime

RagTime GmbH

6.5.2 (May 21, 2010; 6

years ago)

1984

Commercial, proprietary

Ready,Set,Go!

Diwan Software
Limited

7.7.8b
(September 2009;
6 years ago)

1985

Commercial, proprietary

Scribus

The Scribus Team

1.5.2 (17 May 2016; 3

months ago)

2003

GPL

The Print Shop

Brderbund

23.0 (2009; 7 years

ago)

1984

Commercial, proprietary

Ventura

Corel

10.0 (2002; 14 years

ago)

1986

Commercial, proprietary

Desktop
publishing
software

Developer(s)

Latest stable version

Initial
release

License

5.6.2 (May 10, 2016; 3

months ago) []

Operating system[edit]
This table gives a comparison of what operating systems are compatible with each
software in their latest version.
Desktop
publishin
g
software

Windo
ws

Mac
OS (X)

Linu
x

BS
D

UNIX

Other

CorelDRAW

Yes

supported
versions<
11

No

No

No

No

Fatpaint

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

FrameMaker

Yes

supported
versions<
7

No

No

supporte
d
versions
<8

No

InDesign

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

InPage

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

iStudio
Publisher

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

LyX

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OS/2

Microsoft
Publisher

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

OpenOffice.o
rg

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

PageMaker

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Desktop
publishin
g
software

Windo
ws

Mac
OS (X)

Linu
x

PagePlus

Yes

No

No

Pages

No

Yes

PageStream

Yes

QuarkXPress

BS
D

UNIX

Other

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

AmigaOS, MorphOS

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

RagTime

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Ready,Set,Go
!

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Scribus

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OS/2 Warp
4, eComStation, OpenIndiana,Solaris,
Haiku

The Print
Shop

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Ventura

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Desktop
publishing
software

Windows

Mac OS
(X)

Linux

BSD

UNIX

Other

Input format[edit]
This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can import or open.

Deskt
op
publis
hing
softwa
re

P
D
F

E
P
S

CorelDR
AW

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Fatpaint

No

No

No

No

FrameMa
ker

Yes

Yes

Yes

InDesign

Yes

Yes

InPage

No

iStudio
Publisher

S
V
G

TeX/L
aTeX

R
T
F

HT
ML

Wor
d.doc

OOXM
L.docx

Yes

Yes

Yes

PSD, AI, SWF, WP

D

No

No

No

No

JPG, PNG

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

WPD

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

PSD, AI, SWF, WP

D,XLS

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

PSD, AI

LyX

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

Microsoft
Publisher

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

OpenOffi
ce.org

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PSD, WPD, XLS

PageMak
er

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

PagePlus

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Other

Deskt
op
publis
hing
softwa
re

P
D
F

E
P
S

S
V
G

TeX/L
aTeX

R
T
F

HT
ML

Wor
d.doc

OOXM
L.docx

Other

Pages

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

QuarkXPr
ess

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

PSD, AI, SWF, XL

S,JPG, PNG

Scribus

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

List

The Print
Shop

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Ventura

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

PSD, AI, WPD

Desktop
publishin
g
software

PDF

EPS

SVG

TeX/LaT
eX

RTF

HTM
L

Word.d
oc

OOXML.d
ocx

Other

Output format[edit]
This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can export or save.
Desktop
publishing
software

PDF

EP
S

SV
G

TeX/LaTe
X

HTM
L

Other

CorelDRAW

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

PSD, AI, SWF, WPD

Fatpaint

No

No

No

No

No

JPG, PNG

FrameMaker

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

DOC, WPD

Desktop
publishing
software

PDF

EP
S

SV
G

TeX/LaTe
X

HTM
L

Other

InDesign

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

EPUB, SWF, XML, RT

F

InPage

No

Yes

No

No

No

GIF

iStudio Publisher

Yes

No

No

No

No

EPUB, RTF

LyX

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

PS, ODF

Microsoft Publisher

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

OpenOffice.org

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

RTF

PageMaker

with Distille
r

Yes

No

No

No

No

PagePlus

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Pages

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

EPUB, RTF

QuarkXPress

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

EPUB

Scribus

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

List

The Print Shop

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Desktop
publishing
software

EP
S

PDF

SV
G

TeX/LaTe
X

HTM
L

Other

Ventura

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

RTF, PSD, AI, WPD

Desktop publishing
software

PDF

EPS

SVG

TeX/LaTeX

HTML

Other

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Release Notes". The Document Foundation.
June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
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Fatpaint (Cloud-based)
Acrobat
FrameMaker
InDesign
PageMaker
Calamus
Corel Ventura
Microsoft Publisher
PagePlus
Pages

PageStream
QuarkXPress
Timeworks Publisher
Web design
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Electronic publishing

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