Definitions

desktop publishing

NOUN

producing publications with computer software

Synonyms

WEAK

desktop electronic publishing formatting outputting typesetting

Example Sentences

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Luke Michel has already lived through two technology overhauls in his career, first desktop publishing in the 1980s and online publishing later on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

To demonstrate, let him tell you a little story about QuarkXPress, the desktop publishing program.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2021

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said Geschke, widely known as Chuck, "sparked the desktop publishing revolution".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2021

Impression costs went on decreasing with desktop publishing, copiers, color copiers and digital printing equipment.

From Technology and Books for All by Lebert, Marie