Comparison of desktop publishing software

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The following is a comparison of major desktop publishing software.

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Operating system
* 3 Input format
* 4 Output format
* 5 See also
* 6 References

## 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

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Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation and others  | 4.1.1 (August 21, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-08-21))  | 2002 (2002) | Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later)
Collabora Online[1] | Collabora |  | 2016 (2016) [2] | MPL-2.0 and others
CorelDRAW | Corel | X8 (18.0) (March 15, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-03-15))  | 1989 (1989) | Commercial, proprietary
Fatpaint (Cloud-based)  | Mersica Inc.  | 1.98 (August 19, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-08-19))  | 2010 (2010) | Freeware
Flare  | MadCap Software | 2019 (March 29, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-03-29))  | 2006 (2006) | Commercial, proprietary
FrameMaker  | Adobe Systems | 12.0.3 (September 25, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-09-25))  | 1986 (1986) | Commercial, proprietary
Impression | Xara  | (May 18, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-05-18))  | 1990 (1990) | Commercial, proprietary
InDesign  | Adobe Systems | CC 2020 (15.0) (November 2019; 4 years ago (2019-11))[3] | 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
LibreOffice Draw[4] | The Document Foundation |

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* Still:[5]

| 2011 (2011) | LGPL v3
LyX | The LyX Team  | 2.3.0 (March 16, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-03-16))  | 1995 (1995) | GPL
Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation  | 16.0 (September 22, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-22))  | 1991 (1991) | Trialware
PageMaker*  | Adobe Systems | 7.0.2 (March 30, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-03-30))  | 1985 (1985) | Commercial, proprietary
PagePlus | Serif Europe  | X9 (November 19, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-11-19))  | 1991 (1991) | Commercial, proprietary
Pages  | Apple Inc. | 12.0 (April 7, 2022; 22 months ago (2022-04-07)) [±] | 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; 6 years ago (2017-04-16))  | 1987 (1987) | Commercial, proprietary
Ready,Set,Go!  | Diwan Software Limited  | 7.7.8b (September 2009; 14 years ago (2009-09))  | 1985 (1985) | Commercial, proprietary
Scribus | The Scribus Team  | Stable: 14.4.8; Development:1.5.7 (0 April 2021; 2 years ago (2021-04-00))  | 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 | MacOS | Linux | BSD | UNIX  | Other

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Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No
Collabora Online | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Android, ChromeOS, iOS, iPadOS, Web browsers
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
Impression | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | RISC OS
InDesign  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
InPage | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
iStudio Publisher | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
LibreOffice | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | OpenIndiana
LyX | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | OS/2
Microsoft Publisher | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | 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, ArcaOS, eComStation, OpenIndiana, Solaris, Haiku
The Print Shop | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No
Ventura*  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Desktop publishing software  | Windows | MacOS | 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

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Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | PSD, WPD, XLS
Collabora Online | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | ODF, PSD, WPD, XLSX
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
LibreOffice | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | ODF, PSD, WPD, XLSX
LyX | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No
Microsoft Publisher | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No
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

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Apache OpenOffice Writer | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | RTF
Collabora Online | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | ODF, PDF, PNG
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
LibreOffice | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | ODF, PDF, PNG, RTF
LyX | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | PS, ODF
Microsoft Publisher | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | JPG, PNG, TIFF
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

## See also

* List of desktop publishing software

## References

1. ↑ "Create great flyers, newsletters, brochures and more with open source software". https://opensource.com/alternatives/microsoft-publisher.
2. ↑ "Collabora Productivity releases Collabora Online 1.0 "Engine" for Hosters and Clouds" (Press release). Collabora Productivity. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016. "Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, has released the first production grade version of Collabora Online, its flagship cloud document suite solution."
3. ↑ Hoang, Wayne (2019-11-04). "Adobe InDesign 2020". https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-indesign-2020/#:~:text=InDesign's November release brings key,or Variable Fonts within InDesign.
4. ↑ "Create great flyers, newsletters, brochures, and more with open source software". https://opensource.com/alternatives/microsoft-publisher.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

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Desktop publishing software

Free software|

* Scribus
* LyX
* LibreOffice Draw

Software freeware|

* PagePlus SE
* PDF-XChange
* Fatpaint (Cloud-based)

Proprietary software|

* Acrobat
* FrameMaker
* InDesign
* PageMaker
* Calamus
* Corel Ventura
* MadCap Flare
* Microsoft Publisher
* PagePlus
* Pages
* PageStream
* QuarkXPress
* Timeworks Publisher

See also|

* Web design
* Mobile publishing
* Electronic publishing
* Printing
* List of PDF software
* Comparison of e-book readers

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* List

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