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Review: Serif Pageplus X3 desktop publishing software

Cliff Joseph — 2008-06-05T17:14:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Computeract!ve, Thursday 5 June 2008 at 17:14:00

Get yourself into print

The last upgrade of Serif’s veteran desktop publishing (DTP) program made it a bit of a jack of all trades....

Review: Serif Pageplus X2 design software

Paul Wardley — 2007-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Wardley, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 14 March 2007 at 00:00:00

Desktop publishing made easy

For 20 years Serif has been selling Pageplus as a budget desktop publishing program with features to rival those of high-end professional programs costing many times more....

Review: Newnovelist 2.0 design software

Paul Wardley — 2006-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Wardley, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 31 October 2006 at 00:00:00

Nothing to read? Then write your own bestseller with Newnovelist

From the blurb on the box saying there’s a novel in all of us, and the very JK Rowlingesque picture of a female pensively pondering the screen of her laptop,...

Serif PagePlus 10

Andrew Zarkesh — 2005-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

Andrew Zarkesh, Computeract!ve, Friday 17 June 2005 at 00:00:00

Affordable desktop publishing with some novel features

In 1990, Page Plus became the first affordable desktop publisher for Windows. Fourteen years later, it may have fallen behind Microsoft Publisher but it's still a popular choice....

Art Explosion Scrapbook

Tim Smith — 2004-07-15T14:03:35.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Thursday 15 July 2004 at 14:03:35

Everything you need to create posters, invitations, web pages and more.

Microsoft Word might come with great document-creation features for business types, but it is less helpful for the general PC punter....

CorelDraw Essentials 2

Luke Peters — 2004-02-24T12:32:03.000Z

Luke Peters, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 24 February 2004 at 12:32:03

Desktop publishing and image manipulation software from Corel.

Like Serif PagePlus 9, CorelDraw Essentials is concerned with desktop publishing. However, it's also stuffed with a vast array of image manipulation tools.It comes with an extra CD that provides...

Serif PagePlus 9

Tim Smith — 2004-02-13T10:54:01.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 13 February 2004 at 10:54:01

A capable desktop publishing package that can create web pages andAcrobat files.

One of the great revolutions that the personal computer brought about was the ability to cheaply produce professional-looking documents. For the first time, users could create not just letters but...

Greenstreet Publisher 4

Jananie Nadarajah — 2004-01-08T16:06:37.000Z

Jananie Nadarajah, Computeract!ve, Thursday 8 January 2004 at 16:06:37

A cheap desktop publishing package.

Desktop publishing (or DTP) software is often expensive, especially if you want more than just a blank page to work with....

Serif PagePlus 8 PDF Edition

Jananie Nadarajah — 2003-11-19T12:06:34.000Z

Jananie Nadarajah, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 19 November 2003 at 12:06:34

Feeling creative? Use this software to produce your ideas.

If you want to set loose your creative skills and be able to design anything from stylish business cards and newsletters to brochures and web pages, Serif's PagePlus 8 provides...

Power Publisher 2

Cliff Joseph — 2003-07-28T14:13:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Computeract!ve, Monday 28 July 2003 at 14:13:00

A complete home publishing package at a knock-down price.

If you write newsletters or just like making attractive stationery, you'll need a desktop publishing (DTP) package to get the best results.Power Publisher 2 is a suite of products aimed...

Serif PagePlus 8

Cliff Joseph — 2002-09-24T16:17:24.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 24 September 2002 at 16:17:24

Packed full of so many new document design features that it can be a bit confusing.

Serif's PagePlus is an impressive desktop publishing program that packs a lot of useful features into a very affordable package.This latest version adds even more new features but the way...

Avery Party Design Kit

Sheila Hill — 2002-03-01T11:36:48.000Z

Sheila Hill, Computeract!ve, Friday 1 March 2002 at 11:36:48

Software to design your party invitations.

The name and the box illustration of the Party Design & Print Kit might have you believe you're buying a very structured, even limited, set of stationery and software for...

Serif Print & Publish with Page Plus 7

Kyle MacRae — 2002-02-25T13:43:17.000Z

Kyle MacRae, Computeract!ve, Monday 25 February 2002 at 13:43:17

A template-based desktop publishing package for home, business and the web.

Desktop publishing (DTP) has revolutionised home computing. Not to the same degree as the internet, certainly, but these days anybody equipped with a decent printer and the right software can...

MGI VideoWave 4

Jonathan Parkyn — 2000-12-20T24:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 20 December 2000 at 00:00:00

MGI's hugely successful video-editing package gets a facelift and a few new features.

Video editing is not the easiest thing known to man. If it was, then we'd all be making a living by cutting together Jurassic Park films....