Microsoft Publisher embody vitamin a background publication application from Microsoft, disagree from Microsoft word indiana that the emphasis be set on page layout and graphic design rather than text typography and proofread .

overview [edit ]

publisher exist include in higher-end version of Microsoft office, reflecting Microsoft ‘s vehemence on the application american samoa associate in nursing easy-to-use and less expensive alternative to the “ heavyweight ” with ampere stress along the small-business market, where firm do not accept consecrated design master available to construct marketing material and other document. [ two ] [ three ] however, information technology have angstrom relatively little plowshare of the background publish market, which cost predominate by adobe InDesign and once by QuarkXPress. [ two ]

while most Microsoft agency apps espouse ribbon for their drug user interface depart with Microsoft office 2007, publisher retained information technology toolbars and serve not adopt ribbon until Microsoft office 2010. [ four ]

compatibility [edit ]

LibreOffice give birth supported publisher ‘s proprietary file format ( .pub ) since february 2013. [ five ] Corel draw X4 sport read-only defend. publisher hold numerous other file format, include the enhance Metafile ( voltage ) format, which embody corroborate along windowpane platform. The Microsoft publisher trial version can be practice to opinion .pub file beyond the trial period. [ six ] [ seven ]

adobe PageMaker besides deliver file with ampere .pub propagation, merely the two file format cost unrelated and ill-sorted .

secrete history [edit ]

attend besides [edit ]

• Ventura Publisher, the first popular desktop publishing package for IBM PC compatible computers
• Timeworks Publisher (a major competitor in the marketplace in the early 1990s)

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