Editing Desktop publishing (section)

=== With word processing ===
As desktop publishing software still provides extensive features necessary for print publishing, modern word processors now have publishing capabilities beyond those of many older DTP applications, blurring the line between [[Word processor|word processing]] and desktop publishing. 

In the early 1980s, the [[graphical user interface]] was still in its embryonic stage and DTP software was in a class of its own when compared to the leading word processing applications of the time. Programs such as [[WordPerfect]] and [[WordStar]] were still mainly text-based and offered little in the way of page layout, other than perhaps margins and line spacing. On the other hand, word processing software was necessary for features like indexing and spell checking – features that are common in many applications today. As computers and operating systems became more powerful, versatile, and user-friendly in the 2010s, vendors have sought to provide users with a single application that can meet almost all their publication needs.