Five page layout tools that won’t break your budget

Introduction

There are plenty of reasons to have page layout software at the\r\nready. Your business will need professional correspondence, marketing\r\nmaterials, flyers, and much more. But for some businesses, dropping the cash\r\nfor a page layout app isn’t feasible. Fortunately, for those needing affordable\r\nsolutions, there are plenty of page layout tools to choose from. I have\r\ngathered five such tools that should meet the needs for most users. With them,\r\nyou’ll be creating high-quality color pages that will help bring your business\r\na professional look with ease. Let’s examine these low-cost tools and see if\r\none or two of them will meet your needs.

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Scribus

Scribus is the de facto standard\r\nfor desktop publishing in the open source community. This amazing piece of\r\nsoftware features everything you’ll need to create incredible pages. In fact,\r\neven some publishing houses are putting Scribus to good use. Why? Because of\r\nfeatures like color separations, CMYK and spot colors, ICC color management, and\r\nversatile PDF creation.

Lucidpress

Lucidpress\r\nis both a web-based page layout tool and a Chromebook app. It’s a\r\nfree service, and when you use it on the Chromebook, you can seamlessly\r\nintegrate it with Google Drive. However, the free version does have its\r\nlimitations. For example, you’re limited to 25MB storage space, you can’t\r\naccess the premium template library, and there’s no revision history or local\r\nbackups. You can upgrade to the Basic account (for $7.95/month) and add those\r\nfeatures to your account.

Lucidpress

Lucidpress includes templates for creating newsletters\r\n(paper or digital), brochures, annual reports, flyers, and pamphlets. You’ll\r\nalso find collaboration features, such as document sharing and real-time chat.\r\nLucidpress can be used to create printed or digital campaigns for marketing –\r\nso it’s more than just your average page layout tool.