- Comparison of desktop publishing software
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The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software. The comparison only discusses notable software in this field.
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General Information
This table provides general software information including the developer, latest stable version, the year in which the software was first released, its cost in US dollars (if commercial), and the software's license under which it is available.
Desktop Publishing Software Screenshot Developer(s) Latest Stable Version Initial Release Cost (USD) License CorelDRAW 
Corel X5 (15.0) (February 23, 2010) 1989 $499 Commercial, Proprietary Fatpaint (Cloud-based) 
Mersica Inc. 1.98 (August 19, 2011) 2010 $0 Freeware, Proprietary FrameMaker 
Adobe Systems 9.0.4 (June 30, 2010) 1986 $999 Commercial, Proprietary InDesign 
Adobe Systems CS5.5 (7.5.1) (June 16, 2011) 1999 $699 Commercial, Proprietary Inkscape 
The Inkscape Team 0.4.8 (August 23, 2010) 2003 $0 GPL InPage 
InPage Team 3.0 (2008) 1994 $349 Commercial, Proprietary iStudio Publisher 
c:four 1.1.4 (June 15, 2010) 2009 $45 Commercial, Proprietary LyX 
The LyX Team 1.6.7 (July 15, 2010) 1995 $0 GPL Microsoft Publisher 
Microsoft Corporation 14.0 (June 15, 2010) 1991 $140 Commercial, Proprietary OpenOffice.org 
Oracle Corporation and others 3.3.0 (January 25, 2011) 2002 $0 LGPL v3 PageMaker 
Adobe Systems 7.0.2 (March 30, 2004) 1985 $499 Commercial, Proprietary PagePlus 
Serif Europe X5 (November 18, 2010) 1991 $99 Commercial, Proprietary Pages 
Apple Inc. 4.1 (July 20, 2011) 2005 $79 as part of iWork Commercial, Proprietary PageStream 
Grasshopper LLC 5.0 (2005) 1986 $99 Commercial, Proprietary QuarkXPress 
Quark, Inc. 9.1 (September 1, 2011) 1987 $799 Commercial, Proprietary RagTime 
RagTime GmbH 6.5.2 (May 21, 2010) 1984 $125 Commercial, Proprietary Ready,Set,Go! 
Diwan Software Limited 7.7.8b (September 2009) 1985 $175 Commercial, Proprietary Scribus 
The Scribus Team 1.3.3.14 (January 28, 2010) 2003 $0 GPL The Print Shop 
Brøderbund 23.0 (2009) 1984 $49 Commercial, Proprietary Ventura 
Corel 10.0 (September 2009) 1986 $699 Commercial, Proprietary Desktop Publishing Software Screenshot Developer(s) Latest Stable Version Initial Release Cost (USD) License Operating System Compatibility
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 FrameMaker Yes supported versions<7 No No supported versions<8 No InDesign Yes Yes No No No No Inkscape Yes supported versions>0.42 Yes 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 RagTime Yes Yes No No No No Ready,Set,Go! Yes Yes No No No No Scribus Yes Yes Yes No Yes OS/2 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 Import Capabilities
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 FrameMaker Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No WPD InDesign Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes PSD, AI, SWF, WPD, XLS Inkscape with cairo with ghostscript Yes Yes No No No No No InPage No Yes No No No No No No No iStudio Publisher No 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 No No No Scribus Yes Yes Yes No 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 Export Capabilities
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 FrameMaker Yes Yes No No Yes DOC, WPD InDesign Yes Yes No No Yes SWF, XML, RTF Inkscape with cairo Yes Yes No No No 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 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 No 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 Desktop publishing software Open source Freeware Retail Adobe (Acrobat · FrameMaker · InDesign) · Corel Ventura · Microsoft Publisher · PagePlus · Pages · PageStream · PhotoLine · QuarkXPress · RagTimeSee also Comparison · Web publishing · Mobile publishing · Electronic publishing · Printing · List of (PDF software · eBook Readers)Category · ListCategories:- Desktop publishing software
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