<s>
PagePlus	B-Language
was	O
a	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
(	O
page	O
layout	O
)	O
program	O
developed	O
by	O
Serif	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
sub-	O
£100	O
DTP	O
package	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
release	O
was	O
PagePlus	B-Language
X9	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2019	O
it	O
was	O
officially	O
replaced	O
by	O
Serif	O
with	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
PagePlus	B-Language
was	O
first	O
launched	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
sub-	O
£100	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
program	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
spring	O
1993	O
,	O
PagePlus	B-Language
2	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
provided	O
full	O
colour	O
printing	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serif	O
did	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
program	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
PagePlus	B-Language
version	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serif	O
announced	O
that	O
PagePlus	B-Language
X9	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
final	O
PagePlus	B-Language
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
public	O
beta	O
of	O
Serif	O
's	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
(	O
the	O
closest	O
of	O
the	O
Affinity	O
applications	O
to	O
PagePlus	B-Language
functionality	O
)	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
August	O
2018	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
first	O
full	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
in	O
June	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
PagePlus	B-Language
was	O
generally	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
entry	O
level	O
"	O
DTP	O
user	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
leading	O
applications	O
(	O
Quark	O
's	O
XPress	B-Operating_System
and	O
Adobe	O
's	O
InDesign	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
present	O
in	O
PagePlus	B-Language
,	O
such	O
as	O
working	O
in	O
the	O
CMYK	O
colour	O
space	O
,	O
OpenType	O
Feature	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
Optical	O
margin	O
alignment	O
(	O
Optical	O
Justification	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PagePlus	B-Language
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
view	O
,	O
create	O
,	O
edit	O
and	O
publish	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
and	O
publish	O
E-books	O
in	O
*	O
.epub	O
or	O
*	O
mobi	O
formats	O
suitable	O
for	O
the	O
Kindle	O
store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PagePlus	B-Language
is	O
primarily	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
using	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2008	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
heavy	O
dependence	O
on	O
the	O
MFC	B-Language
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
GDI	B-Operating_System
library	O
was	O
discarded	O
early	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
an	O
in-house	O
composition	O
engine	O
supporting	O
advanced	O
bitmap	O
and	O
typeface	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PagePlus	B-Language
was	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
16-bit	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
v3.0	O
running	O
on	O
PC/MS	O
DOS	O
but	O
the	O
final	O
releases	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
(	O
32/64bit	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
switch	O
to	O
an	O
XML-based	O
format	O
with	O
version	O
X3	O
,	O
each	O
release	O
of	O
PagePlus	B-Language
could	O
read	O
current	O
and	O
previous	O
version	O
data	O
file	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
of	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
read	O
older	O
non-XML	O
.ppp	O
datafile	O
versions	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
later	O
64-bit	O
PagePlus	B-Language
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
read	O
older	O
files	O
with	O
PagePlus	B-Language
versions	O
X7	O
,	O
X8	O
and	O
X9	O
on	O
a	O
64-bit	O
Windows	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
special	O
manual	O
32-bit	O
PagePlus	B-Language
installation	O
must	O
be	O
done	O
from	O
the	O
program	O
disc	O
or	O
downloaded	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
when	O
Serif	O
ended	O
development	O
of	O
PagePlus	B-Language
with	O
version	O
X9	O
and	O
began	O
concentrating	O
on	O
its	O
Affinity	O
line	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
in	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
the	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
.ppp	O
format	O
files	O
from	O
the	O
X6	O
–	O
X9	O
versions	O
into	O
Affinity	O
;	O
neither	O
did	O
they	O
provide	O
a	O
batch	O
conversion	O
program	O
into	O
Affinity	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
upset	O
many	O
long-time	O
PagePlus	B-Language
users	O
,	O
who	O
felt	O
they	O
had	O
supported	O
the	O
company	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
often	O
had	O
hundreds	O
of	O
documents	O
in	O
the	O
.ppp	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serif	O
's	O
suggestion	O
was	O
to	O
redo	O
the	O
document	O
in	O
Affinity	B-Operating_System
Publisher	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
export	O
the	O
file	O
in	O
.pdf	B-Application
format	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
import	O
into	O
Affinity	O
(	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
a	O
picture	O
and	O
loses	O
all	O
page	O
formatting	O
info	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
