Comp chap 8

Page maker software is related to which operating system?

Verified Answer
A. MS-DOS
B. Unix
C. Windows
D. All of these
E. None of these

Explanation:

Aldus PageMaker was a groundbreaking desktop publishing (DTP) software. It was initially developed and released for the Apple Macintosh in 1985. Subsequently, it was released for IBM PC compatibles running Microsoft Windows 1.0 in 1986. Therefore, PageMaker was significantly related to and widely used on the Windows operating system. Option (a) MS-DOS is a command-line interface operating system and was not suitable for a graphical DTP application like PageMaker. Unix (b) was also not a primary platform for PageMaker. Consequently, option (d) "All of these" is incorrect because PageMaker was not associated with MS-DOS or Unix in a significant way. Windows represents a correct and major platform for PageMaker.