Desktop publishing offers versatility

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: November 15, 1987| Author: | Copyright information

Desktop publishing on the personal computer may be the biggest thing since the invention of the spreadsheet, and may have more far-reaching potential than anything since the word processor.

After all, accountants had calculators before they had electronic spreadsheets. But page layout programs place in the hands of any PC owner a power never before seen outside printing and publishing firms.

New desktop publishing software comes on the market every month, and it runs the gamut from $50 programs that a child could easily use to behemoths that list for $1,000. They have an amazing range of ...

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