Microsoft_publisher

Microsoft Office Publisher
Office Publisher 2007
Developed by	Microsoft
Latest release	12.0.6211.1000 / December 11, 2007
OS	Microsoft Windows
Genre	Desktop publishing
License	Proprietary EULA
Website	Publisher Home Page - Microsoft Office Online

Microsoft Publisher 2003 running in Windows XP Home Edition

Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Editing Interface

Microsoft Office Publisher (previously and commonly known as Microsoft Publisher) is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. It is often considered to be 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.

Publisher has a relatively smaller market share in the desktop publishing market, which is dominated by Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress. Desktop Publishing Software 2007 Style Publisher has historically been less well-liked among high-end commercial print shops, compared with other desktop publishing applications. Microsoft Publisher 2007 Review 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. PCWorld Publisher 2007 Review

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.

Contents 1 Versions 2 Logos 3 See also 4 References

Versions

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.

Logos

Publisher Icons

2.0	97/98	2000/2002	2003	2007

See also

• PageMaker
• List of desktop publishing software
• Comparison of office suites

References

v • d • e Microsoft Office
Desktop applications	Accounting · Access · Communicator · Entourage · Equation Editor · Excel · Groove · InfoPath · InterConnect · MapPoint · OneNote · Outlook · PowerPoint · Project · Publisher · SharePoint Designer · Visio · Word
Server applications	Communications · Forms · Groove · PerformancePoint · Project · Project Portfolio · SharePoint (Excel Services · InfoPath Forms Services)
Discontinued	Binder · Data Analyzer · FrontPage · Graph · Mail · Office Assistants · PhotoDraw · Photo Editor · Schedule+ · Vizact · Web Components · XML schema formats
Tools and technologies	Clip Organizer · Document Imaging · Document Scanning · Picture Manager · Smart tags · Information Bridge Framework · Information Rights Management · Office Open XML · Outlook Connector · Visual Basic for Applications · WordArt
Windows versions	Microsoft Office 2007 · Office 14
Mac OS versions	2004 for Mac · 2008 for Mac

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