However, if you do a little bit more digging, there are desktop publishing programs out there that can be suited for any type and any size of business. The best software for newsletters available on the market can be pricey, complicated, and may include features that limit how you want your newsletter to look. Five Best Desktop Publishing Programs for Newsletters.

OS: Any, with slight preference towards Linux > Windows > Mac > OS/2. Ideally would have better support for OpenType style sets, than InDesign has, but I can live with no support for style sets, as InDesigns support is only just usable.Should have Mail Merge (which is similar to the structured data import, but simpler).Should have support for structured document data import/templating (Thus allowing separation of presentation from content.Must support advance Open type features: Ligatures, Swash/Titling/Contextual alternatives.Must be Desktop Publishing Software, not word processing, not website design.LaTeX itself might be a good alternative, but it seem that it forces you into the mould of what ever document class you are using (eg memoir, koma-book), and that to define a document-class of your own, you need far more than beginner knowledge. (Feel free to answer with a argument that suggests Scribus can replace InDesign)ĬonTeXt, a cousin of LaTeX seems like it might be a alternative,īut the learning curve seems steep (the few times I've tried). It's lower-end cousin is MS-Publisher, which can be replaced with Scribus. How ever, at the moment I'm only doing it as a hobby.

It is almost $1000, and having used it, if I were in the business of professionally producing books, (esp, with complex layouts), I would say it would be worth every penny. It is used for many books, and also for magazine and pamphlets, and even things like greeting-cards and invitations.

Adobe InDesign is the dominant player in the Desktop Publishing world.

Open source desktop publishing