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Microsoft Publisher 2007 provides simple story ing with Microsoft Word 2007, but unlike Adobe InDesign & Adobe InCopy, it does not provide built in XML story board and copy-ing support. Also, unlike the core Office 2007 applications, it does not feature the Ribbon user interface.
However, in Microsoft Publisher 2010, it does feature the Ribbon interface.
The Microsoft Publisher trial version can be used as a viewer beyond the trial period.[1]
[] History
[] 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.
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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 ions 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.
[] 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 ion |
| Microsoft Publisher 98 | 1998 | Small Business ion 2.0 | |
| Microsoft Publisher 2000 | 9.0 | 1999 | Small Business ion, Professional, Premium, Developer |
| Microsoft Publisher 2002 | 10.0 | 2001 | Professional OEM, Professional Special ion |
| Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 | 11.0 | 2003 | Small Business, Professional, Professional Plus, Enterprise |
| Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 | 12.0 | 2006 | Small Business, Professional, Ultimate, Professional Plus, Enterprise |
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