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1985 - 2004
Adobe PageMaker
“PageMaker helped establish desktop publishing as work that could happen on a personal computer.”
- Birth year
- 1985
- Shutdown year
- 2004
- Lifespan
- 19 years
- Peak era
- Company
- Adobe
- Category
- Software
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What Was It?
PageMaker helped establish desktop publishing as work that could happen on a personal computer. Text and images could be assembled into designed pages without relying on older physical production methods.
Its retirement marks a product transition, while its broader role in changing who could make a publication remains part of computing history.
The Story
- 1985 The product era documented here begins in 1985. PageMaker helped establish desktop publishing as work that could happen on a personal computer.
- 2004 The original Adobe PageMaker product reached its retirement or final-development milestone in 2004. Existing installed software can outlive the vendor’s active product line.
How It Died
The original Adobe PageMaker product reached its retirement or final-development milestone in 2004. Existing installed software can outlive the vendor’s active product line.
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