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Adobe PageMaker
Adobe PageMaker v8.0 icon.png
Adobe PageMaker 7.0 on Mac OS screenshot.png
PageMaker 7.0 running on Mac OS 9
Original author(s) Aldus
Developer(s) Adobe Systems
Last release 7.0.2 / 30 March 2004 (2004-03-30)
Development status Discontinued[1]
Operating system Windows XP and earlier
Mac OS 9
OS/2 v3.01
Type Desktop publishing
License Trialware
Website www.adobe.com/products/pagemaker/

PageMaker was one of the first desktop publishing programs, introduced in 1985 by Aldus,[2] initially for the Apple Macintosh and, in 1987, for PCs running Windows 1.0.[3] As an application relying on a graphical user interface, PageMaker helped to popularize the Macintosh platform and the Windows environment.[4][5]

PageMaker relies on Adobe Systems' PostScript page description language.

In 1994, Adobe Systems acquired Aldus and PageMaker.

Release history

Aldus Pagemaker 1.0 was released in July 1985 for the Macintosh and in December 1986 for the IBM PC.[6][7]

Aldus Pagemaker 1.2 for Macintosh was released in 1986 and added support for PostScript fonts built into LaserWriter Plus or downloaded to the memory of other output devices.[8] PageMaker was awarded an SPA Excellence in Software Award for Best New Use of a Computer in 1986.

In October 1986, a version of Aldus was made available for Hewlett-Packard's HP Vectra computers. In 1987, Aldus was available on the Digital Equipment's VAXstation computers.[9]

Aldus Pagemaker 2 was released in 1987.

Until May 1987, the initial Windows release was bundled with a full version of Windows 1.0.3; after that date, a "Windows-runtime" with no task-switching capabilities was included.[10][11] Thus, users who did not have Windows could run the application from MS-DOS.

Aldus Pagemaker 3 for Macintosh was shipped in April 1988.[12] PageMaker 3.0 for the PC was shipped in May 1988[13] and required Windows 2.0,[14] which was bundled as a run-time version.[15] Version 3.01 was available for OS/2 and took extensive advantage of multithreading for improved user responsiveness.

Aldus PageMaker 4 for Macintosh was released in 1990 and offered new word-processing capabilities, expanded typographic controls, and enhanced features for handling long documents.[16] A version for the PC was available by 1991.

Aldus PageMaker 5.0 was released in January 1993.[17]

Adobe PageMaker 6.0 was released in 1995. Adobe PageMaker 6.5 was released in 1996.

Support for versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 6.5 is no longer offered through the official Adobe support system. Due to Aldus' use of closed, proprietary data formats, this poses substantial problems for users who have works authored in these legacy versions.

The final version made available is PageMaker 7.0, released 9 July 2001, though updates have been released for the two supported platforms since.

The Macintosh version runs only in Mac OS 9 or earlier; there is no native support for Mac OS X,[18] and it does not run at all on Intel-based Macs. It does not run well under Classic, and Adobe recommends that customers use an older Macintosh capable of booting into Mac OS 9. The Windows version supports Windows XP, but according to Adobe, "PageMaker 7.x does not install or run on Windows Vista."[19]

End of development

InDesign was the successor to PageMaker

Development of Pagemaker had flagged in the later years at Aldus and, by 1998, PageMaker had lost almost the entire professional market[20] to the comparatively feature-rich QuarkXPress 3.3, released in 1992, and 4.0, released in 1996. Quark stated its intention to buy out Adobe and to divest the combined company of PageMaker to avoid anti-trust issues. Adobe rebuffed the offer and instead continued to work on a new page layout application code-named "Shuksan" (later "K2"), originally started by Aldus, openly planned and positioned as a "Quark killer." This was released as Adobe InDesign 1.0 in 1999.[21][22]

The last major release of PageMaker was 7.0 in 2001, after which the product was seen as "languishing on life support".[23] Adobe ceased all development of PageMaker in 2004 and "strongly encouraged" users to migrate to InDesign, initially via special "InDesign PageMaker Edition" and "PageMaker Plug-in" versions which added PageMaker's data merge, bullet, and numbering features to InDesign, and provided PageMaker-oriented help topics, complimentary Myriad Pro fonts, and templates.[24] From 2005, these features were bundled into InDesign CS2, which was offered at half-price to existing PageMaker customers.[25][26]

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ http://www.hodgy.net/computer_history/page_3/page_3.htm#1985 Aldus Pagemaker
  7. ↑ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/aldus-corporation-history/
  8. ↑ Keith Thompson: Pagemaker remains Chief Composer. In: InfoWorld Volume 8, Issue 23, 9 June 1986. ISSN 0199-6649. Pages 39–40.
  9. ↑ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/aldus-corporation-history/
  10. ↑ Ken Freeze: Flexibility for PC Pros is Page Layout Strength. In: InfoWorld Volume 9, No. 12, 23 March 1987. ISSN 0199-6649. Pages 42-44. - Review of PageMaker for the PC. Remarks about the Windows-bundle on p. 43, first column.
  11. ↑ Michael J. Miller: First Look. In: InfoWorld Volume 9, Issue 9, 2 March 1987. ISSN 0199-6649. - Short comparison of PageMaker, Ventura Publisher and Harvard Professional Publisher, a modified version of Superpage by Bestinfo.
  12. ↑ Aldus Corp. Ships PageMaker 3.0 for the Macintosh. BusinessWire, 24 March 1988.
  13. ↑ Aldus Ships PC Version of PageMaker 3.0. Businesswire, 19 May 1988.
  14. ↑ The precise Windows version required was 2.03, which is the exact version number of the first publicly available Windows 2 release. cf. Windows Version History. Microsoft Knowledge Base, Document No. 32905. Last access date 22 July 2010.
  15. ↑ Stuart J. Johnston: Pagemaker 3.0 Adds Support for Style Sheets. In: InfoWorld, Volume 10, Issue 22, 30 May 1988, page 20.
  16. ↑ http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900517&slug=1072199
  17. ↑ http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/aldus-corporation-history/
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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