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Canva is a popular, simple online graphic design tool. Users can import images, use templates to design banners and logos, or pay to use Canva's premium stock images/paid templates (elements starting at $1).
Adobe InDesign supports creating digital and print documents such as flyers, stationary, posters, and other types of media, with rich graphics, images, and more. Adobe InDesign is available standalone or as part of the Adobe Creative Suite collection of media management and creation…
Corel Corporation, headquartered in Ottawa, offers the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, a graphic design studio and library of tools.
Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application available with an Office 365 subscription, or as a standalone download.
Affinity Publisher replaces the former PagePlus desktop publishing application, from Serif Europe headquartered in Nottingham.
Venngage is an infographics creation platform. Users can create inforgraphics for their marketing team from scratch or from a template.
MadCap Software, headquartered in La Jolla, offers MadCap Flare, a help authoring and technical writing tool featuring onboarding and support from MadCap, and a set of modules for designing advanced guides, aids, and web or application help aids.
Infogram is an online tool for creating infographics, charts, dashboards, and interactive reports. Users can upload spreadsheets containing the data they want to visualize, or set up a live integration from another data source using the Infogram API. From a graphics and layout perspective,…
What is VistaCreate (ex-Crello)?VistaCreate is an online visual editing tool for creating videos, animations, graphic designs for social media, print, websites, or virtually any kind of static and animated design for commercial, business, or personal needs. On October 27, 2021 Crello…
PageStream (formerly Publishing Partner) is an open source desktop publishing application developed by GrasshopperLLC.
The Magazine Manager is a magazine publishing software solution which the vendor states serves over 16,000 publications worldwide. Launched in 2002, it was a web-based CRM specifically built for publishers. In one unified platform, the Magazine Manager provides publishers with features…
FlippingBook is software and cloud service for creating professional digital flipbooks. The tool converts PDFs into interactive ebooks, catalogs, brochures, annual reports, magazines, and sales collateral. Users can share these documents as links or embed them into a website. Collect…
HelpNDoc is a single-source multi-channel help authoring tool which can generate multiple documentation formats including fully responsive HTML web-sites, Word and PDF documents, CHM and Qt help files, ePub and Kindle eBooks as well as Markdown documents. The vendor presents it as…
The Quark Publishing Platform from Quark Software headquartered in Denver is a publishing tool and document generation workflow featuring collaborative tools, quick content reuse tools, and structured authoring aids.
Xara, headquartered in Berlin, offers Designer Pro, a desktop publishing application.
Lucidpress, from the company of the same name in Salt Lake City, is a design & brand templating platform that enables users to create & share branded collateral. Lucidpress offers consistency so brands can deliver its message more effectively wherever it goes. The vendor states over…
Corel Corporation headquartered in Ottawa offers the CorelDRAW Technical Suite, supplying applications for 2D and 3D visual design and technical documentation.
Desktop Publishing (DTP) Software helps create and publish page designs and printed materials. It combines text and images to produce aesthetically pleasing, professional work that can be deployed online, electronically distributed, or printed.
For designers and knowledgeable users, its features support the creation of custom layouts. The software offers pre-built templates that promote productivity without the need for users to have design experience.
DTP software provides multi-channel previews that depict how content will be seen in a variety of publishing endpoints such as print, PDF, HTML5, Web XML, tablets, and mobile apps. It supports the import and export of materials in a variety of formats such as raster images made of bitmap pixels and vector images produced by software. It allows switching between the RGB and CMYK color systems to support publishing on video displays vs. print. Stock libraries of fonts, images, and photos are included.
This software is used to create books and eBooks, magazines, newspapers, business cards, stationery, annual reports, greeting cards, envelopes, labels, articles, blogs, social media posts, newsletters, catalogs, brochures, pamphlets, posters, flyers, menus, interactive PDFs, and website designs. DTP is used by graphic designers, illustrators, writers, editors, and marketers.
Desktop Publishing Software overlaps with Digital Content Creation Platforms that are used for graphic design, video editing, web development, and photography and with Office Suites Software that provides and integrates word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and email functions.
Desktop Publishing Software will have many of these features.
Consider the following when purchasing Desktop Publishing Software.
Standalone vs Suite: Desktop publishing software is available as a standalone purchase; however, it is commonly bundled with office suites such as Microsoft 365, or creative suites like Adobe Creative Cloud.
Platforms: Some products can only be deployed on specific platforms; for example, Microsoft Publisher is only available for PC. If your creative ecosystem is Mac-based, it will eliminate this option.
Use Case: Professional designers and publishers will benefit from feature-rich DTP software such as Adobe InDesign. Limited and free versions are more suitable for small businesses and home use.
Desktop Publishing Software uses two pricing models: a monthly subscription which can range from $7 to $36 a month per user or a one-time perpetual license which ranges from $140 to over $700. Free versions with limited features and storage are available as is free open-source DTP software. Free trials are available.
These are some popular desktop publishing software tools.
