Talk:Comparison of desktop publishing software
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Output Formats
[edit]It's is a bit odd having all the "others" output formats? I'm thinking a bit silly as we could list every image file format under the sun. Perhaps a collumn just for image format outputs? Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DPY81 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
InkScape?
[edit]InkScape isn't a DTP; it's a Vector Drawing program.
Removed. Hi. Thanks for the notice. Yes, I happen to know that too. I removed it. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 17:50, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
Lyx
[edit]The list of supported file formats for Lyx is way too short, which makes it look far less useful than it really is. Quoting from the project's website [1]:
Document formats
Access to all LaTeX functionality with capability to insert plain LaTeX code anywhere in a document.
Import and export to many formats (LaTeX, PDF, Postscript, DVI, ASCII, HTML, OpenDocument, RTF, MS Word, and others) thanks to configurable converters
Send a fax from within LyX
Source code viewer for instant LaTeX and DocBook view.
SGML-tools support (DocBook DTDs)
Literate programming support (noweb, Sweave)
Support for export of PDF bookmarks and header information
216.250.179.249 (talk) 21:47, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
References
It seems that there are two lists about the same subject. Should they be merged? Jarble (talk) 15:58, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose, on the grounds that List of desktop publishing software is a broader list, with comparison page giving details and comparison on the more notable subset. That is, the two pages serve different purposes, and as long as the pages are linked there is not apparent advantage to merging. Klbrain (talk) 06:12, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
- Closing, given the uncontested objection and lack of support. Klbrain (talk) 17:46, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
ResolvedBreak into separate pages by application type
[edit]This "comparison" page is of limited usefulness because it is comparing applications of different categories (drawing programs, page layout programs, etc.), as if they were all of a single type ("desktop publishing software"). Desktop publishing (DTP) is an umbrella term for all the technologies and techniques that go into producing publications on a desktop platform. While it's possible to compare Corel Draw and Quark XPress in terms of which operating system they run on, this is not useful because users do not choose between two different kinds of programs (say, a word processor and a spreadsheet) on the basis of what operating system they support. Users compare applications WITHIN a functional category.
This page could be retained as an umbrella comparison page with links to separate pages comparing each category of DTP applications. ScribeMonk (talk) 18:18, 28 September 2026 (UTC)