<s>
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
application	O
developed	O
by	O
Serif	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
with	O
an	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
being	O
developed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Affinity	O
product	O
line	O
along	O
with	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Photo	I-Operating_System
and	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Designer	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
serves	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Serif	O
's	O
own	O
PagePlus	B-Language
software	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
company	O
discontinued	O
in	O
August	O
2017	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
Affinity	O
product	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
primary	O
focus	O
on	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
workflows	O
for	O
both	O
printed	O
and	O
online	O
media	O
,	O
including	O
common	O
features	O
from	O
this	O
industry	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
master	O
pages	O
,	O
OpenType	O
support	O
,	O
linked	O
text	O
frames	O
,	O
and	O
end-to-end	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
CMYK	O
color	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
includes	O
StudioLink	O
technology	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Serif	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
owners	O
of	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Designer	I-Operating_System
and	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Photo	I-Operating_System
to	O
use	O
the	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
graphic	I-Algorithm
editing	O
functionality	O
of	O
those	O
applications	O
for	O
editing	O
content	O
directly	O
within	O
Publisher	O
(	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
smaller	O
set	O
of	O
native	O
vector	O
and	O
raster	B-Algorithm
editing	O
features	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
File	O
formats	O
supported	O
by	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
(	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Affinity	O
suite	O
's	O
native	O
file	O
format	O
)	O
include	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
Markup	O
Language	O
(	O
IDML	O
)	O
,	O
Adobe	O
Photoshop	O
PSD	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
JPG	O
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
and	O
EPS	B-Language
,	O
with	O
export	O
functionality	O
for	O
the	O
PDF/X	O
-1a	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-3	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
-4	O
standards	O
of	O
the	O
PDF/X	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
editions	O
of	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Photo	I-Operating_System
and	O
Designer	O
also	O
include	O
support	O
for	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
promotional	O
video	O
for	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
was	O
shown	O
by	O
Serif	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
drag	O
&	O
drop	O
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
text	O
flow	O
between	O
frames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
free	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
both	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publisher	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
directly	O
from	O
Serif	O
's	O
website	O
and	O
also	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publisher	O
was	O
updated	O
to	O
version	O
1.8	O
in	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
introducing	O
support	O
for	O
importing	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
InDesign	I-Operating_System
's	O
IDML	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serif	O
stated	O
that	O
an	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
following	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
range	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
its	O
StudioLink	O
integration	O
with	O
Affinity	O
Designer/Photo	O
,	O
and	O
non-subscription	O
pricing	O
model	O
commonly	O
cited	O
as	O
positive	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Limitations	O
noted	O
by	O
reviewers	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
included	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
's	O
document	O
(	O
INDD	B-Operating_System
)	O
&	O
markup	O
(	O
IDML	O
)	O
files	O
(	O
although	O
Serif	O
added	O
IDML	O
support	O
in	O
February	O
2020	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
footnotes	O
&	O
endnotes	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
GREP-based	O
and	O
nested	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
reviews	O
drew	O
comparisons	O
between	O
Publisher	O
and	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
,	O
often	O
noting	O
that	O
Publisher	O
's	O
first	O
release	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
required	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
full	O
replacement	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
CreativePro	O
also	O
acknowledged	O
it	O
as	O
having	O
additional	O
tools	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
or	O
other	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
