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The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.

Overview

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 X8 (18.0) (March 15, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-15)) 1989 (1989) Commercial, proprietary
Fatpaint (Cloud-based) Mersica Inc. 1.98 (August 19, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-19)) 2010 (2010) Freeware
Flare MadCap Software 2019 (March 29, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-29)) 2006 (2006) Commercial, proprietary
FrameMaker Adobe Systems 12.0.3 (September 25, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-09-25)) 1986 (1986) Commercial, proprietary
InDesign Adobe Systems CC 2020 (15.0) (November 2019; 5 years ago (2019-11))[1] 1999 (1999) Commercial, proprietary
InPage InPage Team 3.0 (2008; 16 years ago (2008)) 1994 (1994) Commercial, proprietary
iStudio Publisher iStudio Software 1.3 (February 3, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-02-03)) 2009 (2009) Commercial, proprietary
LyX The LyX Team 2.3.0 (March 16, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-16)) 1995 (1995) GPL
Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Corporation 16.0 (September 22, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-09-22)) 1991 (1991) Trialware
Apache OpenOffice Writer Apache Software Foundation and others 4.1.1 (August 21, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08-21)) 2002 (2002) Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)
LibreOffice The Document Foundation
2011 (2011) LGPL v3
PageMaker* Adobe Systems 7.0.2 (March 30, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-03-30)) 1985 (1985) Commercial, proprietary
PagePlus Serif Europe X9 (November 19, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-11-19)) 1991 (1991) Commercial, proprietary
Pages Apple Inc. Template:Latest stable software release/Pages 2005 (2005) Commercial, proprietary
PageStream Grasshopper LLC 5.0 (2005; 19 years ago (2005)) 1986 (1986) Commercial, proprietary
QuarkXPress Quark, Inc. 2017 (April 16, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-04-16)) 1987 (1987) Commercial, proprietary
Ready,Set,Go! Diwan Software Limited 7.7.8b (September 2009; 15 years ago (2009-09)) 1985 (1985) Commercial, proprietary
Scribus The Scribus Team 1.4.8 (3 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-03)) 2003 (2003) GPL
The Print Shop Brøderbund 23.0 (2009; 15 years ago (2009)) 1984 (1984) Commercial, proprietary
Ventura* Corel 10.0 (2002; 22 years ago (2002)) 1986 (1986) Commercial, proprietary
Desktop publishing software Developer(s) Latest stable version Initial release License
Discontinued
PageMaker Ventura

Operating system

This table gives a comparison of what operating systems are compatible with each software in their latest version.

Desktop publishing software Windows Mac OS (X) Linux BSD UNIX Other
CorelDRAW Yes supported versions<11 No No No No
Fatpaint Yes Yes Yes No No No
Flare Yes No No No No No
FrameMaker Yes supported versions<7 No No supported 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.org Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PageMaker* Yes Yes No No No No
PagePlus Yes No No No No No
Pages No Yes No No No No
PageStream Yes Yes Yes No No AmigaOS, MorphOS
QuarkXPress 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

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can import or open.

Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX RTF HTML Word .doc OOXML .docx Other
CorelDRAW Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD
Fatpaint No No No No No No No No JPG, PNG
Flare Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes XLS, Adobe Framemaker, Adobe RoboHelp, Microsoft Compiled HTML Help, DITA
FrameMaker Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No WPD
InDesign Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD, XLS
InPage No Yes No No No No No No No
iStudio Publisher 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
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes PSD, WPD, XLS
PageMaker* Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No No
PagePlus Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No
Pages No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No
QuarkXPress Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No PSD, AI, SWF, XLS, JPG, PNG PDF
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 publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX RTF HTML Word .doc OOXML .docx Other

Output format

This table gives a comparison of the file formats each software can export or save.

Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX HTML Other
CorelDRAW Yes Yes Yes No Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD
Fatpaint No No No No No JPG, PNG
Flare Yes No No No Yes DOC, EPUB, HTML5
FrameMaker Yes Yes No No Yes DOC, WPD
InDesign Yes Yes No No Yes EPUB, SWF, XML, RTF
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 JPG, PNG, TIFF
OpenOffice.org Yes Yes Yes No Yes RTF
PageMaker* with Distiller 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, Kindle, iOS, HTML5
Scribus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes List
The Print Shop Yes No No No No No
Ventura* Yes Yes No No No RTF, PSD, AI, WPD
Desktop publishing software PDF EPS SVG TeX/LaTeX HTML Other

References

  1. ^ Hoang, Wayne (2019-11-04). "Adobe InDesign 2020". Retrieved 2019-12-28.
  2. ^ a b https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/
  3. ^ Italo Vignoli (14 November 2024). https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/11/14/libreoffice-24-8-3/. Retrieved 14 November 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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