Printing digital files can be performed in a short period of time, with the finished product being bound with the help of a strong type of glue, which securely holds the pages together. One of the most popular products that were drastically improved by the presence of technology is printed materials, which were commercially printed from a single file that was created using desktop publishing software. Technology advanced drastically in the past few years, allowing people to create different products with the aid of a computer. Some of these–like Word–have changed so much over the years that they are now a provide reasonable alternatives to laying out an attractive professional design in a program everyone is familiar with: Really, I didn’t see a lot of other alternatives until Sara Stringer, from the Ask a Tech Teacher, came up with this great article about desktop publishing options. But then I moved on to other alternatives, like Lucid Press that were more flexible and affordable for educational purposes. I loved its flexibility, adaptability, and ease of use both for classroom projects and home. Websites–for teachers to build websitesįor a decade, when I thought of desktop publishing, I turned to Microsoft Publisher.