Such programs do not generally replace word processors and graphics applications, but are used to aggregate content created in these programs: text, raster graphics (such as images edited with Adobe Photoshop) and vector graphics (such as drawings/illustrations made with Adobe Illustrator, or Corel (DRAW). When the material is ready for publication the DTP software can output PostScript or Adobe PDF that can be used by the commercial printers to produce printing plates.

Desktop publishing is a combination of editing and word processing. As an editor, the desktop publisher ensures whatever is printed exhibits a high standard of corporate professionalism. Like a word processor, the desktop publisher creates a flawless file that may be transmitted electronically and printed identically worldwide. The role of the desktop publisher is to ensure absolute document clarity and adherence to strict editorial layout standards.

Desktop Publishing Work is for the brochures, flyers, mass mailings, personalized cards and invitations, greeting cards, technical manuals, newsletters, catalogs, tables and charts, stationery, business cards, directories and booklets can be made with useful content and a professional look. It is necessary that high quality desktop publishing be provided to small businesses at an affordable cost. The Desktop publishing service can include little display ads, OCR ads, OCR services, bulletins and research documents.

OCR service uses document scanning machines and the latest OCR software to scan OCR the documents and OCR Forms.

All this requires extensive technological expertise as well as solid typographical experience in character and alphabet languages. The service provider should be fully equipped with a large collection of multilingual fonts and standard word-processing, page-makeup and graphics software wokring both on PC and Macintosh computers. The deliverd technical documentation should be designd both for online and offline publishing utilising SGML, XML and PDF formats. The applications include Adobe FrameMaker, PageMaker, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, Interleaf,CorelDraw, and Microsoft Office Suite tools. Additionally, it must support the most commercial authoring and design applications on both PC and Macintosh platforms such as M S Word, FrameMaker, PageMaker, Quark Xpress, Corel Ventura, Illustrator, Freehand, PhotoShop etc.

Desktop publishing could also include Multilingual Desktop Publishing that is translation of technical documents from one language to another. However, just incorporating text and graphics onto a page is not enough. The service provider needs to adjust kerning and leading, anti-alias the fonts for on-screen graphics, change the image hue or saturation and the body text.

This requires the industry-standard and internally developed tools, human talent, and experience to get any project successfully completed on schedule, within budget, and with the quality required by the client.

However, just incorporating text and graphics onto a page is not enough, the service provider needs to invest an equal amount of time and effort to make certain that the document matches the quality expected by the client.