Introduction

Microsoft Office Publisher is a desktop publishing application software released by Microsoft Corporation. It is often considered an entry-level desktop publishing application that provides more powerful page element control functions than Microsoft Word, but is slightly inferior to professional page layout software. Microsoft Office 365 includes the latest version of Publisher.

Basic introduction

Compared to other desktop publishing software, Publisher has historically been unpopular with high-end business printing stores. It can only be used on Windows, and a significant portion of the industry's systems are running Apple's Mac OS X. Publisher's positioning as an entry-level application software has caused many problems, such as the lack of corresponding fonts and embedded objects on the service provider's computer (although Publisher provides tools to compress associated files into a self releasing application). Many high-end features, such as transparency, object shadows, slugs, path text, embedded PDF output, etc., are either not fully implemented or not at all. But recent versions have made significant improvements, focusing on color separation and correctly handling color output. Publisher 2007 also includes a long-awaited feature that can output commercial publishing quality PDF format with embedded fonts, which can be downloaded as an option from the Microsoft website.

Publisher is included in high-end versions of Microsoft Office. This reflects Microsoft's positioning of Publisher as an easy-to-use and affordable product compared to those of heavyweight products. Its target audience is mainly small and medium-sized enterprises that do not have professional personnel to produce marketing materials and other documents.

Most substitutes for Publisher, except for Adobe PageMaker, do not provide the function of importing Publisher; However, Publisher can be exported to EMF (Enhanced Metafile) format, which can be supported by other software.

Brand Introduction

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational computer technology company based in the United States. Mainly engaged in research and development, manufacturing, licensing, and providing a wide range of computer software services. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, the most famous and best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office series software.

Microsoft is the world leader in PC software development, with Bill Gates as its founder. Ranked third on the brand ranking list and 22nd on the 2006 World Brand 500 list of 100 major global companies compiled by the World Brand Laboratory, published by Barron Weekly. The company ranked 139th among the Fortune Global 500 largest companies in 2007. Founded in 1975, Microsoft is a leader in the world's personal and commercial computer software industry. Microsoft provides users with a wide range of products and services, and through excellent software, gives people the ability to communicate anytime, anywhere, and through any device.