Aldus Corporation

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Aldus Corporation was a pioneering desktop publishing software company best known for creating PageMaker and helping popularize graphical user interfaces in publishing.

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instanceOf desktop publishing company
software company
acquiredBy Adobe Systems NERFINISHED
acquisitionYear 1994
collaboratedWith Apple Computer NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
era 1980s
early 1990s
foundedBy Paul Brainerd NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Seattle, Washington NERFINISHED
helpedPopularize desktop publishing
graphical user interfaces in publishing
industry desktop publishing
software
influencedBy Apple LaserWriter NERFINISHED
Apple Macintosh NERFINISHED
PostScript NERFINISHED
keyProductRole core component of the original desktop publishing revolution
knownFor helping popularize graphical user interfaces in publishing
pioneering desktop publishing software
mergedInto Adobe Systems NERFINISHED
notableFor early WYSIWYG page layout
notableImpact enabled desktop-based page design for small publishers
transformed professional publishing workflows
notableProduct Aldus FreeHand NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker for Macintosh NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker for Windows NERFINISHED
notableSoftware Aldus PageMaker 1.0 NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker 2.0 NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker 3.0 NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker 4.0 NERFINISHED
Aldus PageMaker 5.0 NERFINISHED
operatingSystem Macintosh NERFINISHED
Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows
platform Apple Macintosh NERFINISHED
IBM PC compatible NERFINISHED
primaryMarket graphic design professionals
publishing industry
small businesses
productType desktop publishing software
graphics software
softwareGenre page layout software
vector graphics software
status defunct
successor Adobe Systems NERFINISHED
technologyUsed PostScript page description language NERFINISHED

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Company of Science and Art acquiredBy Aldus Corporation
Adobe PageMaker developer Aldus Corporation