<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
(	O
formerly	O
Aldus	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
computer	O
program	O
introduced	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
the	O
Aldus	O
Corporation	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
's	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
publishing	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Apple	O
LaserWriter	O
laser	O
printer	O
marked	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
revolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ported	O
to	O
PCs	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
1.0	I-Application
in	O
1987	O
,	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
helped	O
to	O
popularize	O
both	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
platform	O
and	O
the	O
Windows	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
component	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
's	O
success	O
was	O
its	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
 '	O
PostScript	B-Language
page	O
description	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Adobe	O
purchased	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
Aldus	O
's	O
assets	O
(	O
including	O
FreeHand	B-Application
,	O
PressWise	O
,	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
it	O
faced	O
increasing	O
competition	O
from	O
QuarkXPress	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
degree	O
,	O
Ventura	B-Application
on	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
decade	O
it	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
major	O
force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quark	O
proposed	O
buying	O
the	O
product	O
and	O
canceling	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
,	O
in	O
1999	O
Adobe	O
released	O
their	O
"	O
Quark	O
Killer	O
"	O
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
came	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
customers	O
were	O
offered	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
licenses	O
at	O
a	O
lower	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aldus	B-Operating_System
Pagemaker	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
1985	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
in	O
December	O
1986	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aldus	B-Operating_System
Pagemaker	I-Operating_System
1.2	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
PostScript	B-Language
fonts	O
built	O
into	O
LaserWriter	O
Plus	O
or	O
downloaded	O
to	O
the	O
memory	O
of	O
other	O
output	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
was	O
awarded	O
a	O
Codie	O
award	O
for	O
Best	O
New	O
Use	O
of	O
a	O
Computer	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1986	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Pagemaker	B-Operating_System
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
'	O
s	O
HP	B-Device
Vectra	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Pagemaker	B-Operating_System
was	O
available	O
on	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
's	O
VAXstation	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aldus	B-Operating_System
Pagemaker	I-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
users	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
Windows	O
could	O
run	O
the	O
application	O
from	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aldus	B-Operating_System
Pagemaker	I-Operating_System
3.0	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
shipped	O
in	O
April	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
was	O
shipped	O
in	O
May	O
1988	O
and	O
required	O
Windows	B-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
bundled	O
as	O
a	O
run-time	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.01	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
OS/2	B-Application
and	O
took	O
extensive	O
advantage	O
of	O
multithreading	B-Operating_System
for	O
improved	O
user	O
responsiveness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aldus	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
4.0	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
offered	O
new	O
word-processing	O
capabilities	O
,	O
expanded	O
typographic	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
enhanced	O
features	O
for	O
handling	O
long	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aldus	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
6.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
acquired	O
Aldus	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
6.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
7.0	O
was	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
made	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
runs	O
only	O
in	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
or	O
earlier	O
;	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
Intel-based	O
Macs	B-Device
without	O
SheepShaver	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
not	O
run	O
well	O
under	O
Classic	O
,	O
and	O
Adobe	O
recommends	O
that	O
customers	O
use	O
an	O
older	O
Macintosh	B-Device
capable	O
of	O
booting	O
into	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
but	O
according	O
to	O
Adobe	O
,	O
"	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
7.x	O
does	O
not	O
install	O
or	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	O
Vista.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
had	O
flagged	O
in	O
the	O
later	O
years	O
at	O
Aldus	O
and	O
,	O
by	O
1998	O
,	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
had	O
lost	O
almost	O
the	O
entire	O
professional	O
market	O
to	O
the	O
comparatively	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
QuarkXPress	B-Operating_System
3.3	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
and	O
4.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quark	O
stated	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
buy	O
out	O
Adobe	O
and	O
to	O
divest	O
the	O
combined	O
company	O
of	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
to	O
avoid	O
anti-trust	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
was	O
7.0	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
seen	O
as	O
"	O
languishing	O
on	O
life	O
support	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	O
ceased	O
all	O
development	O
of	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
in	O
2004	O
and	O
"	O
strongly	O
encouraged	O
"	O
users	O
to	O
migrate	O
to	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
,	O
initially	O
through	O
special	O
"	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
Edition	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
Plug-in	O
"	O
versions	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
's	O
data	O
merge	O
,	O
bullet	O
,	O
and	O
numbering	O
features	O
to	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
provided	O
PageMaker-oriented	O
help	O
topics	O
,	O
complimentary	O
Myriad	O
Pro	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2005	O
,	O
these	O
features	O
were	O
bundled	O
into	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
CS2	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
offered	O
at	O
half-price	O
to	O
existing	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
new	O
major	O
versions	O
of	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
have	O
been	O
released	O
since	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
ship	O
alongside	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
in	O
1989	O
listed	O
PageMaker	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
Distinction	O
"	O
winners	O
of	O
the	O
BYTE	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
program	O
that	O
showed	O
many	O
of	O
us	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
to	O
its	O
full	O
potential	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adobe	B-Operating_System
PageMaker	I-Operating_System
file	O
formats	O
use	O
various	O
filename	O
extensions	O
,	O
including	O
PMD	O
,	O
PM3	O
,	O
PM4	O
,	O
PM5	O
,	O
PM6	O
and	O
P65	O
;	O
these	O
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
opened	O
in	O
the	O
applications	O
Collabora	B-General_Concept
Online	I-General_Concept
,	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
or	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
they	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
saved	O
into	O
the	O
OpenDocument	O
format	O
or	O
other	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
