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desktop publishing

NOUN
producing publications with computer software
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When desktop publishing arrived in the 1980s, he was a graphic designer using triangles and rubber cement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Adobe became known for other aids to desktop publishing and professional imaging, notably Photoshop, which enables photographs to be altered in seemingly infinite ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

He is a former software entrepreneur from the personal computer era who founded an early desktop publishing software company, which he ran for a decade.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2022

“I admired entrepreneurs, and desktop publishing had just become a possibility.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

Importing or embedding in a word processing or desktop publishing program Once you are happy with the picture you import it as a graphic into your DTP or word processing program.

From Email 101 by Goodwin, John



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