Desktop publishing software

Adobe FrameMaker is a document processor designed for writing and editing large or complex documents, including structured documents.

Adobe Creative Cloud is a software as a service offering from Adobe Systems that gives users access to a collection of software developed by Adobe for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, and cloud services.

PageMaker was one of the first desktop publishing programs, introduced in 1985 by Aldus, initially for the Apple Macintosh and, in 1987, for PCs running Windows 1.

Xara Photo & Graphic Designer is an image editing program incorporating photo editing and vector illustration tools created by the British software company Xara, which was acquired by German company MAGIX AG in 2007, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems.

Microsoft Publisher is an entry-level desktop publishing application from Microsoft, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.

Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software.

Ventura Publisher was the first popular desktop publishing package for IBM PC compatible computers running the GEM extension to the DOS operating system.

Desktop publishing (abbreviated DTP) is the creation of documents using page layout skills on a personal computer.

iBooks Author (iBA) is an e-book authoring application by Apple Inc.

QuarkXPress is a computer application for creating and editing complex page layouts in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment.

The Text Verification Tool (TVT) is a computer-based software program for proofreading developed by Schlafender Hase GmbH, headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Playwrite is an EPUB-based desktop publishing application developed by Wundr.

PrintMaster was a greeting card and banner creation program for Commodore 64, Apple II series and IBM PC computers.

Banner Mania was a banner making program for IBM PC compatible computers, enabling the user to create banners, posters, signs and logos.

Calamus is a desktop publishing application, built for the Atari ST computer.

RagTime is a frame-oriented business publishing software which combines word processing, spreadsheets, simple drawings, image processing, and charts, in a single document/program.

Print Magic is a personal publishing program by Epyx.

Altsoft XML2PDF family includes the following products:

PDF Studio is a commercial software program for end-users to create, review, annotate, and edit PDF (Portable Document Format) documents.

iCalamus is a frame-oriented layout and DTP application for Mac OS X which has been developed by the German software company invers Software.

BookSmart is a bookmaking application developed by Blurb,Inc.

Serif have a range of software products, which are listed below.

PageStream (originally Publishing Partner) is a desktop publishing software package by Grasshopper LLC (United States), currently available for a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Amiga.

Comic Life is a comic desktop publishing computer program developed by plasq, originally for Mac OS X.

Sigil is free, open-source editing software for e-books in the EPUB format.

Nitro Software, Inc.

CutePDF is a proprietary Portable Document Format converter and editor for Microsoft Windows developed by Acro Software.

geoPublish was a desktop publishing program designed by Berkeley Softworks for the GEOS environment.

Ready,Set,Go! is a software package for desktop publishing.

MathMagic is a mathematical WYSIWYG equation editor, available for Windows, Mac OS X, Android and iOS since its debut in 1998.

The Print Shop is a basic desktop publishing software package developed in the early 1980s by Brøderbund.

LyX (styled as ; pronounced [ˈlɪks] is an open source document processor based on top of the LaTeX typesetting system. Unlike most word processors, which follow the WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") paradigm, LyX has a WYSIWYM ("what you see is what you mean") approach, where what shows up on the screen is only an approximation of what will show up on the page. LyX is available for various operating systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX, OS/2 and Haiku. LyX can be redistributed and modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is thus free software.

PagePlus is a desktop publishing (page layout) program developed by Serif for Microsoft Windows.

Digital publication apps are software applications used to deliver branded business communications and content.

iStudio Publisher is a page layout and desktop publishing (DTP) application developed by iStudio Software.

InPage is a word processor and page layout software for languages such as Urdu, Persian, Pashto and Arabic under Windows and Mac which was first developed in 1994.