Q.1 - Explain the 10 commercial DTP Software and their uses with suitable example.

Ans. DTP !Des"top Publishin#$%- Desktop publishing (DTP) is a comparatively recent concept which captured the imagination of a large number of microcomputer users. For a time, the nthusiasm for DTP could be described as being over!optimistic, or even worse. Fortunately, this phase in the development of systems for DTP has passed and a more realistic approach is now being taken. DTP, with the appropriate hardware and software, enables documents to be produced at a "uality approaching those produced professionally. #icrocomputers can be used, but so can other classes of computer. DTP is only coincidentally connected with Publishing. $t has become clear that microcomputer DTP can be regarded as %&ust' another application for microcomputers, albeit with some special re"uirements. $n the past, special machines were available for word processing. (ow, a general!purpose microcomputer is used and similar e"uipment can be used for DTP. Software% - )ournaly application software can be divided into some areas* 1. &'( !&ptical 'haracter (eader) ) *ma#e Processin# Software% - $n this category a wide range of application software available in the market. This software includes word processing, spreadsheet application, D+#, software, painting - drawing software. +. DTP Software% - DTP is &ournaly associated with a term non!as ./,$./0 which means .hat /ou ,ee $s .hat /ou 0et approach. The page it self can be seen on the screen as it will appear in print. For maga1ine design, individual page can be built up the data. .hen we discos more about DTP software package. 2 wide range of typefaces, styles and fonts that allow image to be si1ed in various ways. There are number of DTP software available in the market. ,i"e% - 3. 2dobe Page#aker, 4. 5oral Draw, 6. 2dobe Photoshop, 7. 2dobe $n design, 8. 5orel 9entura, :. 2dobe Frame #aker ;. #icrosoft Publisher, <. =uark>Press, ?. $,tudio Publisher, 3@. ,cribus. 1. Adobe Pa#e-a"er% - 2dobe Page#aker is a desktop publishing program. These make by 2ADB, 5CDPCD2T$C( in 3?<8. $nitially for the then!new 2pple #acintosh and in 3?<; for P5s running .indows 3.@.Page#aker was awarded an ,P2 Ecellence in ,oftware 2ward for +est (ew Bse of a 5omputer in 3?<:.Page#aker relies on 2dobe ,ystemsF Post,cript page description language, and in 3??7 2dobe ,ystems ac"uired 2ldus and Page#aker. 2s an application relying on a graphical user interface, Page#aker helped to populari1e the #acintosh platform and the .indows environment. .ersions of the Adobe Pa#e-a"er%a. b. Pa#e-a"er 1.1%- Dunning on the window 3.@ (3?<8). Pa#e-a"er 1.+%- Dunning on the #anthos - .indow (3?<:).

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Pa#e-a"er /.0%- Dunning on the window 4.@ (3?<<). Pa#e-a"er 0.01 2.01 3.0 and 3.2%- Dunning on the window between (3?<< to 4@@@). Pa#e-a"er 4.0%- Dunning on window >P (4@@3).

+. 'oral Draw% - 5orel DD2. is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by 5orel 5orporation of Cttawa, 5anada. $t is also the name of 5orelFs 0raphics ,uite, which bundles 5orelDraw with a bitmap image editor, 5orel Photo Paint, and other graphics!related programs (see below). The latest version is designated >: (e"uivalent to version 3:), and was released in #arch 4@34. .ersions of the 'oral Draw%a. b. c. d. e. f. #. h. 'oral Draw 1%- Dunning on window 4.3 (3?<?). 'oral Draw +%- Dunning on window 6.@ (3??3). 'oral Draw /%- Dunning on window 6.3 (3??4). 'oral Draw 0%- Dunning on window 6.3 (3??6). 'oral Draw 2%- Dunning on window 6.3 (3??7). 'oral Draw 3%- Dunning on window ?8 (3??8). 'oral Draw 41 51 61 101 111 and 1+%- Dunning on window ?8, window ?<, window 4@@@, 'oral Draw 13%- Dunning on window >P, window 9ista, window ; (#arch 4@34).

window >P, window anti (3??:!4@@7).

/. Adobe Photoshop% - 2dobe Photoshop is a DTP ,oftware. .hich make by 2dobe ,ystemG $n the market available 4 addition of 2dobe Photoshop. i. ii. a. b. c. d. e. f. 2dobe Photoshop 2dobe Photoshop Etended. .ersions of Adobe Photoshop%Adobe Photoshop 1.0%- Dun on #acintosh (3??@). Adobe Photoshop +.0%- Dun on #acintosh (3??3). Adobe Photoshop +.2%- Dunning on .indow - #acintosh (3??4). Adobe Photoshop /.01 0.01 2.01 2.21 3.0%- Dunning on .indow, #acintosh, ,elron, $D$> Adobe Photoshop 4.0%- Dunning on .indow, #ac C,>, 5lassic (4@@4). Adobe Photoshop 4.0.1%- Dunning on .indow, #ac C,>, 5lassic (4@@4).

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0. Adobe *n Desi#n% - 2dobe $n Design is a software application produced by 2dobe ,ystems. $t can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, maga1ines, newspapers and books. $n Design can also publish content suitable for tablet devices in con&unction with 2dobe Digital Publishing ,uite. 0raphic designers and production artists are the principal users, creating and laying out periodical publications, posters, and print media. $t also supports eEport to PB+ and ,.F formats to create digital publications, and content suitable for consumption on tablet computers. The 2dobe in 5opy word processor uses the same formatting engine as $n Design. .ersions of Adobe in Desi#n a. b. c. d. e. f. #. h. i. >. 4@@<. ". l. m. n. *n Desi#n 'S0 Ser;er !codenamed Th?me$. *n Desi#n 'S2 !4.0$ !codenamed (oc"et$%- released 2pril 4@3@. *n Desi#n 'S2.2 !4.2$ !codenamed &din$%- released 2pril 4@33. *n Desi#n 'S3%- released 46. 2pril 4@34. *n Desi#n 1.0 !codenamed Shu"san1 then 7+$%- 2ugust 63, 3???. *n Desi#n 1.08 !codenamed 9ota"a$%- )apanese support. *n Desi#n 1.2 !codenamed Sherpa$%- 2pril 4@@3. *n Desi#n +.0 !codenamed Annapurna$%- )anuary 4@@4 (&ust days before =uark>Press 8). *n Desi#n 'S !codenamed Dra#on tail$ and *n Desi#n 'S Pa#e -a"er Edition !/.0$%*n Desi#n 'S+ !0.0$ !codenamed :iredra"e$%- shipped in #ay 4@@8. *n Desi#n Ser;er !codenamed <ishop$%- released Cctober 4@@8. *n Desi#n 'S/ !2.0$ !codenamed 'obalt$%- 2pril 4@@;. First Bniversal binary versions to *n Desi#n 'S/ Ser;er !codenamed =enon$%- released #ay 4@@;. *n Desi#n 'S0 !3.0$ !codenamed <asil$%- $ntroduced ,eptember 46, shipped in Cctober

First version to support #ac C, > and native transparencies - drop shadows. Cctober 4@@6 on .indows >P.

natively support $ntel!based #acs, Degular eEpression, Table styles, new interface.

2. 'orel .entura% - 9entura Publisher was the first popular desktop publishing package for $+# P5 compatible computers running the 0 # eEtension to the DC, operating system. The software was originally developed by 9entura ,oftware, a small software company founded by )ohn #eyer, Don Heiskel and Aee )ay Aoren1en, all of whom met while working at Digital Desearch. $t ran under an included run!time copy of Digital Desearch, $nc.Fs 0raphical nvironment #anager (0 #).The first version of 9entura Publisher was released in 3?<:.9entura Publisher was distributed worldwide eEclusively by >eroE from its first shipment in 3?<: until 9entura ,oftware

sold the source code to >eroE in 3??@. The original 9entura ,oftware ceased operations in February 3??@, and a new 9entura ,oftware $nc., an affiliated company of >eroE, was formed at that time. The developers from the original company worked with the new >eroE 9entura ,oftware company to produce 9ersion 6.@ 0old. This was released in late 3??@. +esides DC,I0 # it was also available for .in3:, #ac and C,I4. The three founders of the original 9entura ,oftware no longer worked on the product after (ovember 3??@. 9ersion 7.@ was released in 3??3. The last version released by 9entura ,oftware $nc. was 7.3.3 in 3??6.9entura Publisher, while it has some teEt editing and line drawing capabilities of its own, was designed to interface with a wide variety of word processing and graphics programs, rather than supplant them. To that end, teEt, rather than being incorporated into the chapter files, is stored in, loaded from, and saved back to, word processor files in the native formats of a variety of word processors, including .ordPerfect, .ord star, and early versions of #icrosoft .ord. This allows users to continue using their favorite word processors for ma&or teEt changes, spelling checks, and so forth. Paragraphs other than default body teEt are tagged with descriptive tag names that are entirely user!defined, and characters and attributes that have no native e"uivalent in a given word processor are represented with standardi1ed se"uences of characters. .hen working with the files outside of 9entura Publisher, these paragraph tags and special character and attribute codes can be freely changed, the same as any other teEt. These tags look very much like HT#A tags. +ecause it was the first ma&or typesetting program to incorporate the concept of an implicit Junderlying pageJ frame, and one of the first to incorporate a strong Jstyle sheetJ concept, 9entura Publisher produces documents with a high degree of internal consistency, unless specifically overridden by the user. $ts concepts of free!flowing teEt, paragraph tagging, and codes for attributes and special characters anticipated similar concepts inherent in HT#A and >#A. Aikewise, its concept of JpublicationJ files that tie together JchapterJ files gave it the ability to handle documents hundreds (or even thousands) of pages in length as easily as a four! page newsletter. The ma&or strengths of the original DC,I0 # edition of 9entura Publisher are* a. b. c. d. $ts ability to run, with reasonable response times, on a wide range of hardware (including $ts ability to produce, by default, documents with a high degree of internal consistency. $ts automatic re!eEports of teEt to word!processor!native formats. $ts ability to print to a wide variety of devices, including Post,cript, P5A, and $nter Press <@<: and <@4<:!based computers).

laser printers and image setters, as well as certain popular dot!matriE printers. The application was ac"uired by 5orel in 3??6. $t was repackaged and soon released as 5orel 9entura 7.4 without any ma&or change in the application, other than to drop all support for platforms other than #icrosoft .indows. The first real 5orel version was 8.@, released in 3??7, and made

fundamental changes to both user interface and document structure. +ecause of this, and because of escalating re"uirements of the various 5orel versions, the original DC,I0 # edition still has a small number of die!hard users. The application was rewritten for the .in64 platform and was released in 3??:, labeled 5orel 9entura ; (instead of :) so that it would match the version number of 5orel DD2.. 5orel 9entura < was released in 3??<.The latest version (as of )une 4@33) is 5orel 9entura 3@ (4@@4), this version runs in .indows ; (E<:I:7) with compatibility mode (w4k). 2s an application with strengths in more structured documents, its main competitors are Frame #aker, $n Design and =uark>Press. 3. Adobe :rame -a"er% - 2dobe Frame #aker is a document processor for the production and manipulation of large structured documents. $t is produced by 2dobe ,ystems. Frame #aker maintains a strong following among professional technical writers. Frame #aker has more or less kept up with the times in supporting new standards such as >#A and .eb D29, but at heart it is a proprietary single!desktop!oriented system based on a binary file format. .hile problems eEist in Frame #akerFs >#A implementation, the application supports authoring in an >#A!based workflow. Frame #aker became an 2dobe product in 3??8 when 2dobe purchased Frame Technology 5orp. 2dobe added ,0#A support, which eventually morphed into todayFs >#A support. $n 2pril 4@@7, 2dobe ceased support of Frame #aker for the #acintosh. This reinvigorated rumors surfacing in 4@@3 that product development and support for Frame #aker were being wound down. 2dobe denied these rumors in 4@@3, later releasing Frame maker < at the end of )uly 4@@;, Frame maker ? in 4@@?, and Frame maker 3@ in 4@33.Frame #aker has two ways of approaching documents* structured and unstructured. ,tructured Frame #aker is used to achieve consistency in documentation within industries such as aerospace, where several models of the same compleE product eEist, or pharmaceuticals, where translation and standardi1ation are important re"uirements in communications about products. ,tructured Frame #aker uses ,0#A and >#A concepts. The author works with an DD ( lement Definition Document), which is a Frame #aker!specific DTD (Document Type Definition). The DD defines the structure of a document where meaningful units are designated as elements nested in each other depending on their relationships, and where the formatting of these elements is based on their conteEts. 2ttributes or #etadata can be added to these elements and used for single source publishing or for filtering elements during the output processes (such as publishing for print or for web!based display). The author can view the conditions and conteEts in a tree!like structure derived from the grammar (as specified by the DTD) or as formatted in a typical final output form. Bnstructured Frame #aker uses tagged paragraphs without any imposed logical structure, eEcept that eEpressed by the author's concept, topic organi1ation, and the

formatting supplied by paragraph tags. $f the user opens a structured file in the unstructured Frame #aker, the structure will be lost. .ersions of Adobe :rame -a"er%a. b. :rame -a"er 1.11b%- Deleased in 3?<: (,olaris and 2 0$,) :rame -a"er +.0 and 1%- Deleased in 3?<? (#ac version released in 3??@). 4.3 were

running on C,FI#otif. First version to include the Paragraph Designer, 5haracter Designer, 5ross Deference capability, and the e"uation editor (same version that ships with Frame #aker today). First version to support book level generated lists. c. :rame -a"er /.0%- Deleased in 3??3. First .indows version available in 3??4. Frame #aker 6 introduced table support, hyperteEt support, and improved book support. $n 3??4 ,un introduced Frame +uilder (Frame #aker with ,0#A support). d. e. :rame -a"er 0.0%- Deleased in 3??6. Frame #aker 7 introduced 5hange +ars, ,ide Head :rame -a"er 2.01 2.11 2.1.+%- 9ersion 8.3 was released in 3??8, and 8.3.4 in 3??:. Frame support, ,ave to support, run in headers and improved on the Table Designer. #aker 8 introduced online help, long filename support in .indows ?8, CA #akerK,0#A (to replace Frame +uilder). f. :rame -a"er 2.2@2.2.3%- Deleased in 3??; (Frame #aker 8.8.: was released in 3??<) Frame #aker 8.8 introduced drag and drop dialogs, first )apanese locali1ed version with double byte support, PDF #ark support (PDF #ark embeds bookmarks, links, and cross!references into PDF files automatically), color libraries (D$5, Focal tone, #unsell, Pantone, Toyo and Traumatic), language is embedded into Paragraph Designer and 5haracter Designer, and Table designer now supports sorting by row or column. Frame #aker 8.8.: beta was also the only version to run on AinuE, however there was never a final version released due to poor feedback from potential customers. $t was also the last version available for $D$>. #. :rame -a"er 3.0%- Deleased in 4@@@. Frame #aker :.@ introduced completely rewritten user guide, book wide findIreplace and spell check, introduced new and improved chapterIbook numbering system, compare document tool and bundled =uadra lay .eb .orks Publisher. h. :rame -a"er 4.0%- Deleased in 4@@4. Frame #aker ;.@ introduced combined ,0#A and unstructured version, >#A application support introduced, ,ave 2s PDF fiEed, tagged PDF support, improved running headerIfooter support, document info stored in >#P format. Frame #aker ;.@ was the last version to run on the #acintosh (C, <I?), HPIB> and $+# 2$>. i. :rame -a"er 4.1%- Deleased in 4@@6. Frame #aker ;.3 was bundled with Distiller :, and included more Cpen Type fonts and can import =uark and Page#aker documents. Frame #aker ;.3

HT#A, and import teEt by reference. This ma&or version also introduced Frame #aker and Frame

on B($> now uses PDF Aib and no longer relies on Distiller. Frame #aker ;.3 is only released on .indows and ,olaris.
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:rame -a"er 4.+%- Deleased in 4@@8. Frame #aker ;.4 introduced multiple undo, and

included an unsupported D$T2 (Darwin $nformation Typing 2rchitecture) application pack. $t is bundled with .eb .orks <, and Distiller ; (B($> version uses PDF Aib). $n 4@@: 2dobe released officially supported Frame maker ;.4 application packs for D$T2 (Darwin $nformation Typing 2rchitecture) and ,3@@@D.
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:rame -a"er 5%- Deleased in 4@@;. Frame #aker < introduced Bnicode, Flash, 6D and

built!in D$T2 support. 2 patch (<.@.3) was released during (ovember, 4@@; to fiE a number of bugs and errors.
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:rame -a"er 6%- Deleased in )anuary, 4@@?. Frame #aker ? contains a brand!new user

interface and several productivity enhancements. The top new features include* full support for D$T2, rich media incorporation, pristine PDF, importing comments from PDF, 2sian language support and enhanced .eb D29 based 5#, integration through native HTTP path support. m. :rame -a"er 10%- Deleased in )anuary, 4@33. Frame #aker 3@ included changes such as* D$T2 3.4 support, D$T2 usability enhancements, author >#A content, content management system support, scripting, automatically checking spelling, finding and changing overrides, using the table catalog, repeating the last operation, setting a poster* $n videos, drag and drop editing, creating readIwrite rules, configuring the maker.ini file, teEt drag and drop, background color and suppressing alerts. n. :rame ma"er 11%- Deleased in )uly 4@34. Frame maker 33 new features are (ative >#A 5ode 9iew, 2uthor 9iew, >,AT 4.@ support, > Path 4.@ support, Dapid authoring, 5omprehensive D$T2 support, $ntegration with 5ontent #anagement ,ystems (5#,s), Publishing virtually anywhere, ,mart Paste, ./,$./0 9iew, Cb&ect ,tyles, 2ssisted authoring with +anner TeEt and Ainked 6D graphics. 4. -icrosoft Publisher% - #icrosoft Publisher is an entry!level desktop publishing application from #icrosoft, differing from #icrosoft .ord in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than teEt composition and proofing. The current version is #icrosoft Publisher 4@3@ for .indowsL there is no version for #acintosh. .ersions of -icrosoft Publisher%$n #icrosoft Cffice 4@@;, Publisher retained the traditional toolbar of previous Cffice versions, unlike other Cffice 4@@; programs, which featured the new ribbon interface. #icrosoft Publisher 4@3@ contains the new ribbon interface. nhanced video support, Hotspots,

8. Quar"=Press% - =uark>Press (often referred to as =uark) is a computer application for creating

and editing compleE page layouts in a ./,$./0 (.hat /ou ,ee $s .hat /ou 0et) environment. $t runs on #ac C, > and .indows. $t was first released by =uark, $nc. in 3?<; and is still owned and published by them. The most recent version, =uark>Press ?, allows publishing in nglish (J$nternational and B.,.J) and 6: other languages, including 2rabic, 5hinese, )apanese, Portuguese, 0erman, Morean, Dussian, French, and ,panish. =uark>Press is used by individual designers and large publishing houses to produce a variety of layouts, from single!page flyers to the multi!media pro&ects re"uired for maga1ines, newspapers, catalogs, and the like. =uark>Press once dominated the market for page layout software with over ?8N market share among professional users. .hile one publisher estimates that share has fallen to below 48N and 2dobe in Design is now the market leader, =uark>Press still has significant market share. There are open source competitors in the page layout space, the most notable of which is ,cribus. Version of QuarkXPress: In the beginning of 2003 Quark released a server version of QuarkXPress, called Quark DDS. This enables age editing and age la!out in a "eb bro"ser. QuarkXPress Server is often used for "eb#to# rint in cor orate intranets to enable custo$i%ation and ordering of rinted $aterials, advertising auto$ation "orkflo"s in advertising agencies, catalog generation for retailers and variable digital rinting for ersonali%ed $arketing. It enables co$ anies to rint co ies digitall! "hen the! need the$, often "ith custo$i%ed content. The s!ste$ relies on X&'. The server is often e$bedded in rint on de$and soft"are. In 200( Quark rena$ed Quark DDS to )QuarkXPress Server.

6. *Studio Publisher% - $,tudio Publisher is a desktop publishing (DTP) application developed by c* four. ,tudio Publisher 3.@ was released on : )anuary 4@@? at the #acworld 5onference Epo in ,an Francisco. The most recent version, $ ,tudio Publisher 3.3.<, runs on #ac C, > 3@.7 Tiger, 3@.8 Aeopard, 3@.: ,now Aeopard and 3@.; Aion. $ ,tudio Publisher can be used for the page layout and word processing of brochures, newsletters, maga1ines, posters, adverts, reports, essays, greeting cards and many other document types, of any page si1e, and with the option of spread editing facing pages. ,tudio Publisher has been designed to simplify desktop publishing and enable users to get started "uickly. Bsers are re"uired to understand one main principle ! each element of document content is held by a shape. 2ll shapes act as content containers and can contain any combination of teEt in columns, teEt around their outline path, an image, a line style, a fill style, a drop shadow and a teEt runaround (JwraparoundJ). Bsers can select and draw standard shapes from the ,hape Aibrary, construct shapes using the drawing tools provided, or create default shapes automatically when pasting, dragging in or inserting new content. $nspectors are provided to eEamine and ad&ust style and format settings of shapes, teEt and images. $,tudio Publisher can eEport color managed PDF files suitable for use in a prepress workflow for professional print &obs. $t can also eEport to PB+ or DTF file. $,tudio Publisher has an >#A based file format and supports Bnicode character encoding. However, it does not yet support compleE script rendering and cannot be used for languages written with 2rabic, Hebrew, $ndic and ast 2sian (5)M) writing systems. The official user guide J$ntroduction to $,tudio PublisherJ has been produced using $,tudio Publisher and can be downloaded from the developerFs website as an $,tudio Publisher format (.ispE) document file, allowing users to see how itFs been created. The user guide is also available in PDF format. 9ideo tutorials and a Dapid ,tart 0uide are also available. $,tudio Publisher 3.@.7 received a generally favorable review by #acworld on #ar ?, 4@@?, although several eEpected features were found to be missing. The software developers have published a Development Doadmap of future $,tudio Publisher updates, and users are invited to submit re"uests for improvements and new features.

10. Scribus% - ,cribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application, released under the 0(B 0eneral Public Aicense as free software. $t is based on the free =t tool kitL therefore native versions are available for AinuE, BniE!like operating systems, #ac C, >, #icrosoft .indows, C,I4 and e 5om ,tation. $t has a number of page layout features and competes with leading commercial applications such as 2dobe Page#aker, Page Plus, =uark>Press or 2dobe $n Design. ,cribus is designed for layout, typesetting and to prepare files for professional "uality image setting e"uipment. $t can also

create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Eample uses include writing small newspapers, brochures, newsletters, posters and books. 2n official ,cribus manual, published through FA , +ooks, has been available since 3? )anuary 4@@?. ,cribus supports all ma&or bitmap formats, including T$FF, )P 0 and 2dobe Photoshop. 9ector drawings can be imported or directly opened for editing. The long list of supported formats includes ncapsulated Post,cript, ,90, 2dobe $llustrator, or > fig. Professional typeIimage setting features include 5#/M colors and $55 color management. $t has a built!in scripting engine using Python. $t is available in more than 47 languages. High!level printing is achieved using its own internal level 6 Post,cript driver, including support for font embedding and sub!setting with TrueType, Type 3 and CpenType fonts. The internal driver supports full Aevel 4 Post,cript constructs and a large subset of Aevel 6 constructs. PDF support includes transparency, encryption and a large set of the PDF 3.8 specification, as well as PDFI>!6, including interactive PDFs form fields, annotations and bookmarks. The file format, called ,A2, is based on >#A. TeEt can be imported from CpenDocument teEt documents, as well as CpenCffice.org .riter, #icrosoft .ord, PD+ (Palm C,) and HT#A formats (although some limitations apply). CDT files can typically be imported along with their paragraph styles, which are then created in ,cribus. HT#A tags which modify teEt, such as bold or italic will also be handled pretty well. ,o far, .ord and PD+ documents will only be imported as plain teEt. 2lthough ,cribus supports Bnicode character encoding, it currently does not properly support compleE script rendering and so cannot be used with Bnicode teEt for languages written with 2rabic, Hebrew, $ndic and ,outh ast 2sian writing systems. $n 2ugust 4@34 it was announced that a third party had developed a system to support compleE $ndic scripts. The 3.: version is eEpected to provide a better table implementation, PDFI>!3a, PDFI>!7 and PDFI support. Footnotes, marginal notes and e Pub eEporting are under development. ,upport for other programs and formats. ,cribus cannot read or write the native file formats of other DTP programs like =uark>Press, #icrosoft Publisher, or $n DesignL the developers feel that reverse engineering those file formats would be prohibitively compleE and could risk legal action from the makers of those programs. (onetheless, basic support for =uark>Press Tag files and $n DesignFs $D#A, as well as $n 5opyFs $5#A formats has been added to the development branch. Due to licensing issues, the software package does not include support for the Pantone color matching system (P#,), which is included in some commercial DTP applications. (onetheless, there are legal ways to obtain and incorporate Pantone colors within ,cribus. ,cribus is already being shipped with more than 3@@ color palettes, most of which have been donated by various commercial color vendors, but also include scientific, national or government color standards.