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Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing (DTP) is the creation of documents using dedicated software on a personal ("desktop") computer. It was first used almost exclusively for print publications, but now it also assists in the creation of various forms of online content. Desktop publishing software can generate page layouts and produce text and image content comparable to…

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  • EPS Encapsulated PostScript

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Desktop publishing

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples115
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
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Desktop publishing

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related to history · 22
Desktop publishing → Aldus, Apple LaserWriter, Apple Macintosh, Best Info, Desktop, James Davise, January, July, LaTeX, Microsoft Word, PageMaker, Paul Brainerd, PC, Philadelphia, TeX, The, This, Type Processor One, With, Word
related to Terminology · 17
Desktop publishing → A4, All, Alternatively, Cascading Style Sheets, Each, Graphic, Linked, Master, Most, Page, Some, Text, The, There, Typography, Virtual, WYSIWYG
related to With other digital layout software · 16
Desktop publishing → DTP, Furthermore, GNU TeXmacs, HTML, In, LaTeX, LyX, TeX, TeXworks, The, These, This, Unix-like, What, WYSIWYG, WYSIWYM
see also · 9
Desktop publishing → Acronym, Book, Comparison, Creation, Desktop, Device, Document, Pre-digital, Publishing
related to With web design · 8
Desktop publishing → CSS, Desktop, Digital, Similar, Web, Web Cascading Style Sheets, Web HTML, World Wide Web
related to With word processing · 7
Desktop publishing → As, DTP, In, On, Programs, WordPerfect, WordStar

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publishing desktop software dtp layout page design wysiwyg used web digital word print documents also text ventura publisher applications printing

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TeXinstance ofalthough non-WYSIWYG systems0.80text
LaTeX are also usedinstance ofalthough non-WYSIWYG systems0.80text
especially in scientific publishinginstance ofalthough non-WYSIWYG systems0.80text
WordPerfectinstance ofOne advantage to IBM-PC computer users was the ability of Ventura Publisher to interface directly with word processors0.80text
WordStarinstance ofOne advantage to IBM-PC computer users was the ability of Ventura Publisher to interface directly with word processors0.80text
and early versions of Microsoft Wordinstance ofOne advantage to IBM-PC computer users was the ability of Ventura Publisher to interface directly with word processors0.80text
Atexinstance ofNewspapers and other print publications began to transition to DTP-based programs from older layout systems0.80text
other programs in the early 1980s.Desktop publishing was still in its early stage in the early 1980sinstance ofNewspapers and other print publications began to transition to DTP-based programs from older layout systems0.80text
those from Linotronic.Laterinstance ofppi PostScript printers0.80text
the Macintosh II was releasedinstance ofppi PostScript printers0.80text
which was considerably more suitable for desktop publishing due to its greater expandabilityinstance ofppi PostScript printers0.80text
support for large color multi-monitor displaysinstance ofppi PostScript printers0.80text

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