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Article: PUBLIC EAGER FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 9, 1987
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CopyrightCopyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Desktop publishing, no longer a cottage industry, is fast
becoming a VisiCalc-like program for the late 1980s.
The pioneering software package of the late 1970s, VisiCalc
brought spreadsheets to business and improved manager productivity.
Desktop publishing holds similar promise. For the first time
individuals and businesses can perform page make-up and layout on a
personal computer or workstation and print it out on the system's
laser printer.
Already, the prospect of turning bland-looking reports into
professional- looking documents in-house has captured the
imagination of an eager public.
What they see is the ability to control the production
process instead of relying on outside ...