# Tools & technology — desktop publisher Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 43-9031.00. | Software | Category | Hot technology | |---|---|---| | Salesforce software | Customer relationship management CRM software | yes | | MySQL | Data base management system software | yes | | Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes | | Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes | | Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes | | Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes | | Microsoft SharePoint | Document management software | yes | | Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | yes | | Extensible markup language XML | Enterprise application integration software | yes | | SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | | Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | | Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes | | Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | | Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes | | UNIX | Operating system software | yes | | Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | | Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes | | Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes | | Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | | Adobe After Effects | Video creation and editing software | yes | | Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes | | Hypertext markup language HTML | Web platform development software | yes | | JavaScript | Web platform development software | yes | | jQuery | Web platform development software | yes | | PHP | Web platform development software | yes | | Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes | | WordWeb | Data base user interface and query software | | | AlgoLab Raster to Vector Conversion Toolkit | Data conversion software | | | GTX RastorCAD | Data conversion software | | | Portable document file creation software | Data conversion software | | | Potrace | Data conversion software | | | Trix TracTrix | Data conversion software | | | Adobe FrameMaker | Desktop publishing software | | | Adobe PageMaker | Desktop publishing software | | | AT&T Troff | Desktop publishing software | | | Corel Ventura | Desktop publishing software | | | Finite Matters PatternStream | Desktop publishing software | | | GrassHopper PageStream | Desktop publishing software | | | LaTeX | Desktop publishing software | | | Microsoft Publisher | Desktop publishing software | | | Objectif Lune PlanetPress Suite | Desktop publishing software | | | QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing software | | | Scribus | Desktop publishing software | | | Serif PagePlus | Desktop publishing software | | | Adobe PostScript | Development environment software | | | Scalable vector graphics SVG | Development environment software | | | Color management software | Document management software | | | EMC Documentum | Document management software | | | Microsoft SharePoint Server | Document management software | | | Adobe FreeHand MX | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Adobe LiveMotion | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Apple iPhoto | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Arts & Letters Express | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Cenon | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | CodedColor | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Corel Paint Shop Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Corel Photo-Paint | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Graphics software | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Inkscape | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Microsoft Picture It! | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Raster graphics editors | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Ulead PhotoImpact | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Vector drawing software | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Xara Designer Pro | Graphics or photo imaging software | | | Online image and graphics database software | Information retrieval or search software | | | Mapping software | Map creation software | | | Virtual private networking VPN software | Network security or virtual private network VPN management software | | | Adobe ActionScript | Object or component oriented development software | | | Sun Microsystems Java | Object or component oriented development software | | | Corel WordPerfect Office Suite | Office suite software | | | OpenOffice.org | Office suite software | | | Apple AppleScript | Operating system software | | | Corel CorelScan | Optical character reader OCR or scanning software | | | Corel OCR-Trace 8 | Optical character reader OCR or scanning software | | | Nuance OmniPage Professional | Optical character reader OCR or scanning software | | | PANTONE ColorVision ProfilerPlus | Optical character reader OCR or scanning software | | | Spelling and grammar checking software | Spell checkers | | | Corel WebDraw | Video creation and editing software | | | Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking | Voice recognition software | | | Actuate DocBook | Web page creation and editing software | | | Adobe Dreamweaver | Web page creation and editing software | | | Social media software | Web page creation and editing software | | ## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 37 ads, as of 2026-07-11) Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs. ### Tools - Microsoft Word — **49 %** - Microsoft Excel — **32 %** - Microsoft PowerPoint — **32 %** - Adobe Illustrator — **27 %** - Adobe Creative Suite — **24 %** - Adobe InDesign — **22 %** - Adobe Photoshop — **22 %** - Adobe Acrobat — **19 %**