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desktop publishing  

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  • Desktop publishing involves the use of a computer to create high quality documents that are intended to be either printed by the user on a personal printer or sent to a commercial printing house. However, a user may elect to view files on a screen using page-viewing software such as Adobe Acrobat Reader or Microsoft E-Book Reader. [Source: Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning; Desktop Publishing]

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