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Microsoft Publisher
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Microsoft Publisher 2007 in Windows Vista
Developer(s) Microsoft
Stable release 12.0.6425.1000 (2007 SP2) / 2009-04-28; 6 months ago
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Desktop publishing software
License Microsoft Software License Terms
Website Publisher Home Page

Microsoft Publisher, officially Microsoft Office Publisher, is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. It is an entry-level application, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing.

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[edit] Features

Microsoft Publisher 2007 provides simple story editing with Microsoft Word 2007, but unlike Adobe InDesign & Adobe InCopy, it does not provide built in XML story board and copy-editing support. Also, unlike the core Office 2007 applications, it does not feature the Ribbon user interface.

The Microsoft Publisher trial version can be used as a viewer beyond the trial period.[1]

[edit] History

[edit] Publisher 2000

For most users, one of the most obvious changes introduced with Publisher 2000 (and the rest of the Office 2000 suite) was a clipboard that could hold multiple objects at once. Another noticeable change was that the Office Assistant, whose frequent unsolicited appearance in Publisher 97 had annoyed many users, was changed to be less intrusive.

[edit] Market share

Publisher has a relatively small share of the desktop publishing market, which is dominated by Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress.[2] Publisher has historically been less well-liked among high-end commercial print shops, compared with other desktop publishing applications.[3] Publisher's position as an entry-level application aggravates many issues (particularly in older versions) such as fonts unavailable and embedded objects not available on service providers' machines. Publisher come with tools to pack related files into a self-expanding application. Many higher end features like transparency, object shadowing, slugs, text on paths, and built-in PDF output are either not fully-functional or unavailable in previous versions. However, recent versions have greater capabilities concerning color separations and proper process coloring output. Publisher 2007 also includes the capability to output commercial press quality PDF with embedded fonts.

Publisher is included in high-end editions of Microsoft Office. This reflects Microsoft's emphasis on Publisher as an easy-to-use and less expensive alternative to the "heavyweights" and also its focus on the small business market where firms do not have dedicated design professionals available to make marketing materials and other documents.[2][4]

Publisher's proprietary file format (.pub) is unsupported by most other applications, with the exception of Adobe PageMaker and Corel Draw X4 (open only). Publisher supports numerous other file formats, including the Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format which is supported on Windows platforms.

[edit] Release history

Name Version Number[5] Release Date[6] Notes
1.0 1991
2.0 1993
Publisher for Windows 95 3.0 1995
Microsoft Publisher 97 8.0 1996 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Publisher 98 1998 Small Business Edition 2.0
Microsoft Publisher 2000 9.0 1999 Small Business Edition, Professional, Premium, Developer
Microsoft Publisher 2002 10.0 2001 Professional OEM, Professional Special Edition
Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 11.0 2003 Small Business, Professional, Professional Enterprise
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 12.0 2006 Small Business, Professional, Ultimate, Professional Plus, Enterprise

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Where is the Publisher viewer?
  2. ^ a b Desktop Publishing Software 2007 Style
  3. ^ Microsoft Publisher 2007 Review
  4. ^ PCWorld Publisher 2007 Review
  5. ^ The version numbers follows the Office numbers.
  6. ^ Release dates are for US product launches.

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