From Cave Paintings to the Internet A Chronological and Thematic Database on the History of Information and Media The First Widely-Used Desktop Publishing Program (July 1985)

Paul Brainerd, founder of Aldus Corporation, introduces PageMaker, the first widely-used WYZIWIG page layout program for personal computers. Initially it ran exclusively on the Apple MacIntosh, but a PC version followed in 1986, running under Windows 1.0. To assist in marketing the software Brainerd coined the term “desktop publishing.” Aldus Corporation was purchased by Adobe Systems in 1994.