Desktop publishing involves in formatting and combining text, data, photographs, charts and other graphic art or illustrations into prototypes of pages that are to be printed. After combining the data using software, desktop publishers print the document using the high resolution printer. We can create books, calenders, magazines, newsletters, brochures, newspapers, packaging and forms using desktop publishing. Desktop publishers usually design and create graphics which includes text, convert illustrations and photographs into digital images and they manipulate text and images in such a way that it should display attractive as well as informative. It also helps to present the information in an attractive and readable format. Using an offset printer, desktop publishers can translate electronic information into film or other media. They can also create special graphic effects and visual images using film, video, computers, or other electronic media as like as what animators and multimedia artists can do. Hence, we can as well look for desktop publishers to work with animation tasks. We can use appropriate software to develop desktop publishing which is widely available. Hence, desktop publisher required to know electronic publishing software, such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

Desktop publishing (DTP) covers multi jobs with it. Personal computers facilitate desktop publishers to do many of the designs and layout tasks that would otherwise require complicated equipments and extensive human effort. Advanced computer technology enhances the DTP experts economically and efficiently than before. Desktop publishers are called using different names according to the tasks they are executing. Some of the names are publications specialists, desktop publishing editors, electronic prepress technicians etc.