Microsoft Publisher is a software application developed by Microsoft Corporation to help businesses create high-quality marketing and business material. A part of the Office product family, Publisher provides business users with design options for a variety of publications, such as newsletters, flyers, brochures, and Web pages.
The term desktop means that all the publishing process can no be done on a desk in the office or at home using a personal computer.
Difference between publisher and word processor:-
The difference between desktop publisher and a word processor is that desktop publisher software gives the user more tools and controls of the page layout, text manipulation and graphic design than a word processor.
NOTE:-
Some word processor today has also been incorporated with text and graphic formatting and editing tools thus a tiny difference exist between them and the desktop publisher.
Examples of DTP software are:-
-Adobe page maker
-Microsoft Publisher
-Quark express
-Adobe in design
-Ventura
-Serif page plus and
-Apple page 2
Purpose of desktop publishing software:-
- Using desktop publishing software a typesetter can create and edit very complex text and graphical objects like picture to the finest details.
- With a desktop publish the user can be able to design a page layout by setting consistent picture and object locations, dividing a page is a number of columns and creating layers.
- Desktop publishing software helps the user to prepare what a referred to as at work in commercial circles for printing.
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ADVANTAGE OF DTP’s OVER WORD PROCESSORS
- Every item on a page is contained in a frame and can be edited and formatted independently.
- Master pages are used to set a common layout which may be repeated on several pages e.g. logo, page number etc.
- Strong can be contained in a single frame or threaded between several frames.
- Multiple stones from different authors can be handled with ease.
- Publication can be printed in a form suitable for commercial printing e.g. using colour separations.
- Wide range of templates is available eg. Brochures, booklets, posters, business cards etc.
- Frame need not flow in logical sequence. Eg a story on pages may be continued on page.