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Adobe PageMaker (formerly Aldus PageMaker) is a desktop publishing computer program introduced in 1985 by the Aldus Corporation on the Apple Macintosh. [1] The combination of the Macintosh's graphical user interface , PageMaker publishing software, and the Apple LaserWriter laser printer marked the beginning of the desktop publishing revolution.
Aldus Corporation was an American software company best known for its pioneering desktop publishing software. PageMaker, the company's most well-known product, ushered in the modern era of desktop computers such as the Macintosh seeing widespread use in the publishing industry. [1]
Carried over from version 1.0, FreeHand 3 suffered by having text entered into a dialog box instead of directly to the page. In October 1991, a 3.1 upgrade made FreeHand work with System 7 but additionally, it supported pressure-sensitive drawing which offered varying line widths with a users stroke.
The current version is PageMaker 7.0, released July 9, 2001, though updates have been released for the two supported platforms since. If updates have been released since, then how is it the current version? --Galaxiaad 15:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC) It's been updated from 7.0 to 7.0.1 and 7.0.1a.
Brainerd in 1986. Paul Brainerd (born 1947) is an American businessman, computer programmer and philanthropist. In 1984, he co-founded the Aldus Corporation, which released Pagemaker, the first consumer-use desktop publishing software.
By 1998, PageMaker had lost much of the professional market to the comparatively feature-rich QuarkXPress version 3.3, released in 1992, and version 4.0, released in 1996. In 1999, Quark announced its offer to buy Adobe [3] and to divest the combined company of PageMaker to avoid problems under United States antitrust law. Adobe declined Quark ...
Acrobat Elements was a very basic version of the Acrobat family that was released by Adobe Systems. Its key feature advantage over the free Adobe Acrobat Reader was the ability to create reliable PDF files from Microsoft Office applications. [7] Adobe Design Collection was an early software suite from Adobe Systems, first released on July 30, 1999.
SoftMaker Office is an office suite which aims for compatibility with Microsoft Office.It is available as a one-time purchase, as well as a subscription. A freeware version with a slightly reduced feature set is released under the name SoftMaker FreeOffice.