PageMaker

Layout design software

PageMaker was desktop publishing software developed by Aldus Corporation and later acquired by Adobe.

Released in 1985, it was among the first programs to let users combine text and graphics on a personal computer, revolutionizing print design and publishing.

PageMaker was largely superseded by Adobe InDesign in the early 2000s.

software

desktop publishing

Computer-based document creation

  • DTPLayout software or triple vaccine
  • InDesignPage layout application
  • layoutSpatial arrangement of elements

Adobe · templates · documents · typesetting · print · publishing · graphics · WYSIWYG · PostScript · pasteboard

workflow

composition

Arranged elements forming whole

bleeds · crop marks · export · PDF · EPS · TIFF · printing · galleys · flats · imposition

history

1985

Specific calendar year

pioneering · legacy · acquired · discontinued · Windows · obsolete · vintage · classic · milestone · groundbreaking

documents

newsletters

Periodic subscriber communications

catalogs · books · manuals · posters · advertisements · business cards · letterhead · menus · programs · annual reports

Opposites
software purpose

PageMakerMicrosoft Word

Text document application

word processor · WordPerfect · text editor · Google Docs · typewriter

production method

PageMakerLinotype

Typesetting machine trademark

phototypesetting · letterpress

technology era

PageMakerInDesign

Page layout application

Family

page, pages, paged, paging, pager, pagers, pageant, make, makes

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Rated G