The term, "desktop publishing," is commonly attributed to Paul Brainerd. With the introduction of PageMaker software in 1985, Brainerd, founder and CEO of Aldus Corporation, contributed to a revolution in the design and production of documents.
Use of desktop publishing
- newspapers and magazines.
- brochures, posters, flyer, leaflets and catalogues.
- books and e-books.
- PDF.
- web pages.
- banner.
- newsletter.
- design of resume. What is the difference between PageMaker and MS Word?
- Microsoft Word is a word processing program that includes some design features. PageMaker is a page design program that also has some word processing capabilities.