Before computers, page layout was the domain of wax, scissors, cameras, and tape. And maybe some hot lead type. Aldus Corporation’s PageMaker helped kick off the desktop publishing revolution, and I recently discovered a copy at a local thrift store. Let’s run PageMaker 4.0 and experience how computers democratized graphic design.

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Published December 28, 2021

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:31 - Rescuing a Copy of PageMaker 00:10:28 - Making the Page 00:18:49 - Outtro and Credits

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• Aldus PageMaker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_PageMaker
• Interface Experience - PageMaker - https://interface-experience.org/objects/aldus-pagemaker/
• Open Prepress Interface - https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/postscript/pdfs/OPI_13.pdf
• WYSIWYG - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG

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