The following is a list of major desktop publishing software. A wide range of related software tools exist in this field, including many plug-ins and tools related to the applications listed below.
Several software directories provide more comprehensive listings of desktop publishing software, including VersionTracker and Tucows.
Free software
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This section lists free software which does desktop publishing. All of these are required to be open-source. While not required, the software listed in this section is available free of charge. (In principle, in rare cases, free software is sold without being distributed over the Internet.)
- Scribus, desktop publishing (DTP) application, based on the free Qt toolkit, initial release in 2003.
- LyX, an open source document processor based on top of the LaTeX typesetting system, initial release in 1995.
Proprietary
Desktop Publishing Software for Windows
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe PageMaker, discontinued in 2004
- Calamus
- Corel Draw
- Corel Ventura, previously Ventura Publisher, originally developed by Xerox, now owned by Corel
- First Publisher, was ClickArt Personal Publisher (by T/Maker Company)
- FrameMaker, now owned by Adobe
- InPage - DTP which works with English + Urdu, Arabic, Persian, Pashto etc.
- Microsoft Publisher
- PagePlus
- PageStream, formerly known as Publishing Partner
- Prince XML, by YesLogic
- QuarkXPress
- QuickSilver, by Interleaf, acquired by BroadVision
- Ready, Set, Go! (software)
- Scenari, open source single-source publishing tool with support for chain publication
- Scribus, open source tool
- Xara Designer Pro X
- Xara Page & Layout Designer
Desktop Publishing Software for Mac
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe PageMaker, discontinued in 2004
- Corel Ventura
- FlipB - Digital Publishing Software
- iCalamus
- IHDP Software- In House Digital Publishing Software
- iStudio Publisher - Desktop publishing and page layout software for Mac OS X
- Pages, by Apple, Inc.
- Ready,Set,Go!
- Scribus â€" page layout
- Print Shop, originally produced by Broderbund
Online Desktop Publishing Software
- Canva
- Fatpaint
- Lucidpress - Desktop publishing and page layout software that is web-based and collaborative
Retired
- 1st Press Desktop Publishing Software, GST Software
- 1st Word Publisher, GST Software
- Adobe HomePublisher from Aldus, was Aldus Personal Press
- AppleWorks for Mac and Windows
- Calamus - for Atari TOS-based computers
- geoPublish - for the Commodore 64
- Greenstreet Publisher Home and Publisher Business, discontinued by developer
- Pressworks, GST Software
- Timeworks Publisher
- AcornDTP - for the Acorn Archimedes
- Impression and Impression Publisher - for the Acorn Archimedes
- Corel Ventura Publisher
References
External links
- Comparison of DTP Features
- Multilingual desktop publishing tools
