The free Layout Software "Scribus"
- With the Freeware-program "Scribus" create professional Layouts.
- With brochures, cards and posters, the Software covers the Basics and offers many little Extras to help you out of your newspaper can make.
- However, if you create a creative layout or the newspaper want to publish as an E-Book, you should look at the following programs. Thanks to Test-versions is even free of charge.

Layout with Scribus
Layouts with paid Design Software
The two giants are in the market for Layout programs are QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign. The Software costs around 1,400 euros (QuarkXpress), or around 1,000 euros (Adobe InDesign). For both programs, however, there are free trial versions have full functionality, but on a certain number of days are limited.
- QuarkXPress: this Software can be used in addition to Newspapers and magazines, even whole books, and create ads. Also, E-Books, Apps, and sites you can design with QuarkXPress.
- The program not only convinces with the wide variety of features, tools, and seemingly limitless Design possibilities: the operation is in comparison to most other Layout programs will be fairly simple.
- The free trial version you can here download. QuarkXPress, there are with the basic functions also as a free iPad App.

Layout Software, QuakXPress
- InDesign: Also with the competitor is Adobe InDesign, you can create sophisticated Layouts. Compared to QuarkXPress, the handling is not quite as intuitive.
- For InDesign contains one or the other Extra more, for example, a built-in QR-Code-Generator.
- Also in InDesign you can create in addition to the usual Print products, E-Books and iPad Apps. You can even convert to a Layout automatically in different formats and screen sizes and on multiple devices, or products to use.
- A free trial version for 90 days you will find here.

Layout Software InDesign