Comparison of desktop publishing software
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) | 1989 | Commercial, proprietary |
| Fatpaint (Cloud-based) | Mersica Inc. | 1.98 (August 19, 2011) | 2010 | Freeware |
| FrameMaker | Adobe Systems | 12.0.3 (September 25, 2014) | 1986 | Commercial, proprietary |
| InDesign | Adobe Systems | CC 2014 (10.0.0.70) (June 18, 2014) | 1999 | Commercial, proprietary |
| InPage | InPage Team | 3.0 (2008) | 1994 | Commercial, proprietary |
| iStudio Publisher | iStudio Software | 1.2.1 (September 10, 2015) | 2009 | Commercial, proprietary |
| LyX | The LyX Team | 2.1.2.2 (November 17, 2014) | 1995 | GPL |
| Microsoft Publisher | Microsoft Corporation | 15.0 (January 29, 2013) | 1991 | Trialware |
| Apache OpenOffice Writer | Apache Software Foundation and others | 4.1.1 (August 21, 2014) | 2002 | Apache License 2.0 (Apache OpenOffice 3.4 and later) |
| LibreOffice | The Document Foundation | 2011 | LGPL v3 | |
| PageMaker | Adobe Systems | 7.0.2 (March 30, 2004) | 1985 | Commercial, proprietary |
| PagePlus | Serif Europe | X9 (November 19, 2015) | 1991 | Commercial, proprietary |
| Pages | Apple Inc. | 6.0.5 (October 27, 2016) [±] | 2005 | Commercial, proprietary |
| PageStream | Grasshopper LLC | 5.0 (2005) | 1986 | Commercial, proprietary |
| QuarkXPress | Quark, Inc. | 10.0 (September 16, 2013) | 1987 | Commercial, proprietary |
| RagTime | RagTime GmbH | 6.5.2 (May 21, 2010) | 1984 | Commercial, proprietary |
| Ready,Set,Go! | Diwan Software Limited | 7.7.8b (September 2009) | 1985 | Commercial, proprietary |
| Scribus | The Scribus Team | 1.5.2 (17 May 2016) | 2003 | GPL |
| The Print Shop | Brøderbund | 23.0 (2009) | 1984 | Commercial, proprietary |
| Ventura | Corel | 10.0 (2002) | 1986 | Commercial, proprietary |
| Desktop publishing software | Developer(s) | Latest stable version | Initial release | License |
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 |
| 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 |
| RagTime | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | EPUB |
| 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 | EPS | SVG | TeX/LaTeX | HTML | Other |
References
- 1 2 "Release Notes". The Document Foundation. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
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