Desktop Publishing Software Reviews and Downloads

Hyper Publish

Hyper Publish allows you to create a catalog, a manual or web site quickly and without the need for HTML coding. It supports web publishing (with built-in uploader) as well as auto-install CDROM publishing with full-text search engine and optional shopping cart. Your project contained in a single hypermedia file that can be published in various formats, using step by step wizards. Editing of the HTML based pages can be done in a visual way, similar to a word processor or other WYSIWYG editors. Hyper Publish supports all common HTML techniques including font/styles, image maps, frames, forms, rollover images and more.

Photocopier Pro

If you have a scanner and a printer, now you can have a photocopier too. Put a document in your scanner, launch this program, and press the "copy" button. After a few moments, your printer produces an exact copy of the document.

Polestar Virtual Printer

You can convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Photoshop,AutoCAD and much more document types into PDF, TIFF, multipage TIFF, JPEG/JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP,or EMF files with resolution 300 DPI. You'll get a Virtual Image Printer and a Virtual PDF Printer for the Price of only One.

ClickBook

Use this program for resizing and arranging items that you want to print. Each page is preserved exactly as the program sent it, including margins, page numbering, headers and footers, and all paragraph formatting.

Poster

Create professional quality posters and banners at home for a fraction of professional printing costs. This program comes with many templates and images to help you achieve the look that you want. You can even insert your own pictures or graphics. The program has a tutorial and help file to get you started.

Net-It Now

Net-It Now allows you to convert any printable file (documents, images etc.) to the compressed CSF (Content Sealed Format) format which enables you to add Visual Rights, including password protection, expiration dates, and feature restrictions. The output can be saved as .CSF file, web page (with embedded protection) or sent via email. The program allows you to share or distribute a document or image, while preventing the user from saving modifying or printing the file. In addition, the expiration feature allows you to let the content expire on a specific date. Net-It Now installs as virtual printer driver and is available from the print dialog of any program - just select the Net-It Now printer from the drop down menu. The user must have the free Brava Reader in order to open and view the file.

DeskTop Author

This software is an electronic publishing software that allows you to create 3D page-turning digital Web books including e-brochures, multimedia presentations, digital photo albums or surveys. Digital Web books can be presented in a stand alone format or you can present them as Web pages. When you present your digital Web books as Web pages the end user can detach them and turn them into stand-alone digital Web books.

Shellbook

Shellbook Software lets you communicate your ideas. Start a new book, or create your own adaptation of one that already exists. Add your own pictures, movies and audio clips to give your work added dimension.

MEmaster standard

Produce interactive multimedia applications. MEmaster standard 3.0 supports drag-and-drop and includes 500 templates. You may create as many windows as you like. Images and text may be edited directly from within the program, and advanced features such as image filters are available.

Collate

Manage multiple page file formats with Collate. Users can create a target multiple page PDF or TIFF document and then add pages to the target from various source image formats including JPEG, BMP, PDF and TIFF. They can rearrange, sort or delete page from the target in any format they wish. Any individual page can be edited with the bundled Collate Page Editor which allows them to both add text and do image-based corrections such as erase image artifacts or color correction. When the target is a PDF file all searchable text is retained and any text added is also searchable. When saving the target file, users can choose from a variety of uncompressed, lossless compressed or lossy compression flavors of TIFF and PDF files. Split or merge any existing PDF or Tiff files.

FlightCheck Designer

This program inspects your documents for colors, fonts and images. It then collects the document, images and extensions as well as screen and printer fonts. It compresses the job and includes your Markzware FlightCheck Designer Ground Control settings for transmission to your service bureau.

FlightCheck Professional

This program scans a wide variety of file types including QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, FreeHand, CorelDRAW and PDF by using a drag-and-drop interface to warn you of over 150 potential problems. Documents on a computer screen will not reveal hidden problems such as incompatible graphic elements or font types. The program investigates native document files even without the program that created it.

HomePrint Publisher

Use one of the 12 types of the predefined document templates to create your document, add text and images to the template layout, and print it. If you have more time, and artistic nature, create your document from scratch. Add you text directly into text boxes, cut and paste, import text from files. Position images and objects, rotate and otherwise manipulate them for effect. Home Print Publisher flows text around graphics elements. Linking text boxes enables you to make your layouts more versatile.

Opus Pro

This program provides development tools for a range of applications. It includes graphics Web designers. Teachers can use it to create or customize educational resources to match your class curricula.

Code 39 Barcode Font Pack

This program lets you create, display and print high quality code 39 barcodes in any program supporting TrueType fonts. In addition to the TrueType bar code fonts, the Code 39 font pack also includes Microsoft Office templates, sample documents (in Word DOC, Access, Excel and PDF formats) VBA source code, help documentation and Code 39/Code 39 Full ASCII encoding software.

BestCut

This integrated software was designed for use in the manufacture of furniture. It helps reduce the monotonous day-to-day operations involved in the cutting of sheet materials and calculating the cost of materials and manufacture.

3D Box Shot

This program creates box shots. Simply load your artwork into the program and it transforms your artwork into a 3D box in real time. You can then export bitmap images of your box for inclusion on your Web site or in promotional literature.

Easy Chart 3D GEO

This software is a graphical reporting tool for generation of complex business, management, financial and ad-hoc geographical charts. Charts are generated on top of a geographical map.

Publish-iT

Create newsletters, brochures and flyers. This program handles multiple pages, layouts and master pages. It includes a full set of drawing and photo-editing tools. A tutorial, extensive online help, templates and examples round out the package.

Scrippy

This program lets you create e-mail stationery with sounds and images. There are samples available to get you started. A preview mode provides WYSIWYG functionality. The program auto-sizes to fit the recipient's screen settings.

DrawIt

This program creates colorful graphical enhancements of your documents. Create charts or other custom graphics. It has a full set of drawing tools and even allows you to import pictures. There is a tutorial and a help file as well.

Monarch

Access, extract and manipulate data from existing computer reports. This program can be used on data from spreadsheets, database files or ODBC data sources.

Typographicus

Typographicus is a semiprofessional DTP program, which makes you capable to print nearly everything from simple businesscards up to high-quality magazines. It's easy usage, very fast working even with big pictures and immediately display of changes (ex. rotating, moving) allows efficient working with a minimum of knowledge. Create easily labels, businesscards and fliers with it's template-catalog but also more complex documents like serial letters, magazines or adress-lists. Barcodes, picture-effects, shapes, text-objects allow creative working. Printing is done on connected windows-printer, in a copyshop or publish your document directly in internet using the HTML-expot wizard. You can download Typographicus on the VD-Homepage (www.visual-design.com) for 60$ in several languages. There, you'll also find over 500 free photos. Scools may get Typographicus for free! Ask us for mor details (schools@visual-design.com).