Microsoft Publisher
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| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest release | 12.0.6211.1000 (2007 SP1) / December 11, 2007 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows |
| Genre | Desktop publishing |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
| Website | Microsoft Office Publisher Homepage |
Microsoft Office Publisher (previously and commonly known as Microsoft Publisher) is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. It is an entry-level desktop publishing application, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing. 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.
Publisher has a relatively smaller market share in the desktop publishing market, which is dominated by Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress. [1] Publisher has historically been less well-liked among high-end commercial print shops, compared with other desktop publishing applications.[2] 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 (however, Publisher does come with tools to pack related files into a self-expanding application). Many higher end features like transparency, object shadowing, slugs, text on paths, built-in PDF output, etc. are either not fully-functional or simply unavailable (especially 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 as an optional download from the Microsoft website.
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.[1] [3]
Publisher's proprietary file format is unsupported by most other applications, with the exception of Adobe PageMaker. Markzware's PUB2ID (Publisher to InDesign) plugin will convert Publisher documents from versions 2002 through 2007 to Adobe InDesign CS2 and CS3. Publisher supports numerous other file formats, including the Enhanced Metafile (EMF) format which is supported on Windows platforms.
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Versions of Microsoft Publisher include:
- 1991 Microsoft Publisher for Windows
- 1993 Microsoft Publisher 2.0
- 1995 Microsoft Publisher 3.0, also known as 'Publisher for Windows 95'
- 1996 Microsoft Publisher 97 (Windows 95 and higher), included only with the Small Business Edition of Office 97.
- 1998 Microsoft Publisher 98 (Windows 95 and higher), included with the 'SBE 2.0' SKU of Office 97
- 1999 Microsoft Publisher 2000 (Windows 95 and higher), included with the Small Business, Professional, Premium and Developer SKUs of Office 2000.
- 2001 Microsoft Publisher 2002 (Windows 98 and higher), included with OEM version of the Professional SKU of Office XP, as well as an early retail limited edition called Professional Special Edition.
- 2003 Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 (Windows 2000 SP3 and higher), included with the Small Business, Professional and Professional Enterprise (Volume license only) SKUs of Office 2003.
- 2007 Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (Windows XP SP2 and higher), included with the Small Business, Professional and Ultimate Retail SKUs of Office 2007 and Office 2007 Professional Plus and Enterprise Volume License editions.
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