PagePlus

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PagePlus was a desktop publishing (page layout) program developed by Serif for Microsoft Windows. The first version was released in 1991 as the first commercial sub-£100 DTP package for Microsoft Windows. The final release was PagePlus X9,<ref name="pageplus x9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which was released in November 2016. In June 2019 it was officially replaced by Serif with Affinity Publisher.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

PagePlus was first launched in 1990 and was the first sub-£100 desktop publishing program for Windows 3.0.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Three years later, in spring 1993, PagePlus 2 was released and provided full colour printing support. Following this release, a new version of the product was released on a roughly annual basis.

Serif did a complete rewrite of the original program source code for the release of PagePlus version 8. Despite the rewrite, at that time the program name was retained and the version number was simply incremented. Version 8 was able to read data files created in previous versions 1 to 7.

Replacement by Affinity PublisherEdit

Serif announced that PagePlus X9 was to be the final PagePlus release. The last build issued to date is v19.0.2.22 from 28 April 2017. Serif ceased further development of all "Plus" products to focus efforts on their 'Affinity' product line.

Serif began rewriting their DTP software, to allow a multi-platform implementation, and allow new methods of internal program operation with more modern operating systems and the typical current (2018/9) configuration of PCs.

A public beta of Serif's Affinity Publisher (the closest of the Affinity applications to PagePlus functionality) was launched in August 2018,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> followed by the first full version of the application in June 2019.<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

OverviewEdit

While PagePlus was generally targeted at the "entry level" DTP user, some of the functionality present in the market leading applications (Quark's XPress and Adobe's InDesign<ref name="DTP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) is present in PagePlus, such as working in the CMYK colour space, OpenType Feature support, and Optical margin alignment (Optical Justification). PagePlus also has the ability to view, create, edit and publish PDF files,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and publish E-books in *.epub or *mobi formats<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> suitable for the Kindle store. It also includes support for EPUB3 fixed layout eBooks for textbooks, children's books etc.<ref name="pageplus x9" />

PagePlus is primarily written in C++ using Visual Studio 2008, with a heavy dependence on the MFC framework. The Windows GDI library was discarded early in development in favour of an in-house composition engine supporting advanced bitmap and typeface operations. The text engine supports Unicode text entry.

Supported platformsEdit

PagePlus was first developed for 16-bit Microsoft Windows v3.0 running on PC/MS DOS but the final releases support Windows XP, Windows Vista (32/64bit), Windows 7 (32/64bit), Windows 8 (32/64bit) and Windows 10 (32/64bit).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Version historyEdit

PagePlus: 1990
PagePlus 2: 1993
PagePlus 3: 1994
PagePlus 4: 1996
PagePlus 5: 1997 (revised for XP compatibility and reissued in 2002)
PagePlus 6: 1999
PagePlus 7: 1 October 2000
PagePlus 8: 2001
PagePlus 8: PDF Edition, 9 September 2002
PagePlus 9: September 2003
PagePlus 10: 11 October 2004
PagePlus 11: 3 October 2005
PagePlus X2: 19 February 2007
PagePlus X3: 21 April 2008
PagePlus X4: 11 September 2009
PagePlus X5: 18 October 2010
PagePlus X6: 5 December 2011
PagePlus X7: 3 June 2013
PagePlus X8: 4 August 2014
PagePlus X9: 16 November 2015

ReferencesEdit

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BibliographyEdit

PagePlus official user guide

External linksEdit

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ReviewsEdit

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