desktop publishing

noun

The use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.

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DTP
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Meanings

noundesktop publishing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputer graphicsThe use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.

    "My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."

    2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47

    Synonyms: DTP

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe use of page layout software on a desktop computer to produce publishable documents.

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DTP

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 桌面出版, 桌上出版
  • 桌面出版 (zhuōmiàn chūbǎn)use of page layout software
  • 桌上出版 (zhuōshàng chūbǎn)use of page layout software
  • 桌上排版 (zhuōshàng páibǎn)use of page layout software
Finnish julkaisujärjestelmä
  • julkaisujärjestelmäuse of page layout software
French publication assistée par ordinateur, PAO
  • publication assistée par ordinateuruse of page layout software
  • PAOuse of page layout software
German Desktop-Publishing, Desktoppublishing
  • Desktop-Publishinguse of page layout software
  • Desktoppublishinguse of page layout software
Greek επιτραπέζια έκδοση
  • επιτραπέζια έκδοση (epitrapézia ékdosi)use of page layout software
Hungarian (asztali) kiadványszerkesztés
  • (asztali) kiadványszerkesztésuse of page layout software
Irish foilsitheoireacht deisce
  • foilsitheoireacht deisceuse of page layout software
Japanese 卓上出版, デスクトップパブリッシング
  • 卓上出版 (takujō shuppan)use of page layout software
  • デスクトップパブリッシング (desukutoppu paburisshingu)use of page layout software
Lithuanian stalinė leidyba
  • stalinė leidybause of page layout software
Polish desktop publishing
  • desktop publishinguse of page layout software
Portuguese editoração eletrônica, diagramação eletrônica
  • editoração eletrônicause of page layout software
  • diagramação eletrônicause of page layout software
  • paginação eletrónicause of page layout software
  • edição eletrónicause of page layout software
Cite this entry
APA

desktop publishing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desktop%20publishing

MLA

“desktop publishing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desktop%20publishing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desktop publishing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desktop%20publishing.

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