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(DTP) Using computers to lay out text and graphics for printing in magazines, newsletters, brochures, etc. A good DTP system provides precise control over templates, styles, fonts, sizes, colour, paragraph formatting, images and fitting text into irregular shapes.

Example programs include FrameMaker, PageMaker, InDesign and GeoPublish.

(http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html).

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.text.desktop.

(2005-03-14)