This software allows you to design and produce high-quality documents that contain text, graphics, and custom colors.  DTP software provides tools for manipulating graphics that make it the choice of people who regularly produce high-quality color documents such as newsletters, marketing literature, catalogs, and annual reports.

It is also used by personal users to create professional-looking documents on their own computers and produce work that was previously done only by graphic artists.

Popular desktop publishing packages include Microsoft Publisher, PageMaker and QuarkXPress.