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Swift Publisher Overview

What is Swift Publisher?

Page layout and desktop publisher for Mac. This software provides all you need to create effective desktop publishing materials, such as flyers, brochures, catalogs, magazines, booklets, newsletters, calendars, posters, menus, cards, Facebook and Twitter covers, ad banners and many more.

Swift Publisher Details
Languages Supported
German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
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Product Description

Desktop Publishing Software for Mac


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Year Founded
2003
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@BeLightSoftware
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Recent Swift Publisher Reviews

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Michael L.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great software for creating all marketing materials!"
SwiftPublisher makes it wasy to create all marketing materials. I liked it for creating emails that were visially impressive.
Fiona M.
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Fiona M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"A Software That Provides an Interface to Explore your Creativity."
Particularly whenever using my Mac, Swift Publisher makes it simple for me to design and edit commercial  my brand items like labels,  catalogs, br...
Mark H.
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Mark H.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Quite easy to setup & use. Familiar interface. Not quite inDesign, but gets the job done."
I found this software to be quite "Mac like" - I was able to layout a 40 page graphic book in minutes. This is NOT inDesign, but I am able to meet ...
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Swift Publisher Media

Swift Publisher Demo - Main window
Swift Publisher lets you layout multi-page brochures
Swift Publisher Demo - Heading presets
Spice up design with supplied heading presets
Swift Publisher Demo - Calendars
Design your own calendars
Swift Publisher Demo - Photo effects
Infinitely modify photos to your liking
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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

SwiftPublisher makes it wasy to create all marketing materials. I liked it for creating emails that were visially impressive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

Learning how to use the software took longer than I anticipated, but once I got into it, there were no issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating marketing pieces that would resonate with our core audience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fiona M.
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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

Particularly whenever using my Mac, Swift Publisher makes it simple for me to design and edit commercial  my brand items like labels,  catalogs, brochures, business cards and more. It is easy to use and is a great alternative for Publisher for Mac users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

Swift Publisher is only available for Mac users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Swift Publsiher makes it easy for me to create designs and layouts such as brochures, flyers, business cards for print. It was particularly useful when i had a problem with publisher and it served me just as good saving me time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark H.
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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

I found this software to be quite "Mac like" - I was able to layout a 40 page graphic book in minutes. This is NOT inDesign, but I am able to meet the client's needs without spending time and money . . . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

I am struggling a little to work with the gutter bleed that inDesign does, but I can work around that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Perfect price and easy to learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

Swift Publisher allows me to easily design and modify business paper needs, such as my brand product labels, busniess cards, thank you cards, etc. especially when working on my mac. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

I have noticed Swift Publisher is exclusively better for mac. Otherwise Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Swift lets me see my page layouts in a way that is very user friendly and easy to modify designs and layouts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

For years I used microsoft publisher and found it to be the best, user friendly tool for creating documents outside of high end programs that are outside the scope of simple projects I create. Once I switched to mac, my biggest frustration was publisher not being available, and pages isn't comparable on any level. After searching through multiple options I found Swift Publisher and it was the closest thing to publisher out there. Very intuitive and useful to create documents when you are wanting more options than the limitations found in Word. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

The only dislike is that because it's a smaller company and program it isn't compatible for most people I might share documents with. I can easily save as a pdf and pass it on, but unless another person also has Swift, they won't be able to work with the document themselves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm able to make great looking documents in an open space without the confinements involved with using Microsoft Word. I don't have the need for the larger Adobe Suite products nor the time to learn them, so Swift is the perfect creating solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark H.
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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

It is hard not to mention price when asked “what do you like best” I say it is almost a steal for such powerful desktop publishing software.

With the huge amount of (500 +) templates, you will always have a good place to start. Very handy when you have a non creative moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

There is not much to dislike. It might take some time to get to know where all features are located within the application.
This is the case with any (new) software obviously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Swift Publisher:

Download the trial version from the Swift Publisher website and play around with the software. Then you will likely come to the conclusion that is indeed a steal and you will proceed and purchase. 
Then I recommend getting the “Extra Pack” which will extend the already generous Clipart collection with 40K images and 100 additional fonts! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Swift Publisher is capable alternative for the more expensive desktop publishing applications out there. So far we haven't found anything we couldn't do. We reduced cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

Easiness to learn how to use the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

Not a lot of choices in the library

Just standard icons Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Create easy documents with beautiful visuals in an easy way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

The learning curve is very low and allows to make and augment simple designs without any major training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

Does have limitations over a traditional design program, but takes very little training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Swift Publisher:

Easy to use for those without major design training. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

Producing promotional pieces for marketing and social media. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Iñigo N.
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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

This product is perfect for those people who need quality content, but don't have time to learn a pro software. At the price tag, it's definitely worth it and its very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

It falls shorts on some aspects. But then again, if you really need pro features, then you probably know how to use other publisher programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Swift Publisher:

Depends on what you need. But if you are looking for an easy to use, entry level product, you may have found the one! You could use many other products to design what you could design with Swift Publisher, but I doubt you'll do it in less time. The templates that Swift provides are extremely useful and help a lot when it comes to lean / start-up development. I would really recommend it to anyone! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are doing all the design ourselves thanks to this software. Sure, its not the same as hiring a designer, but it works pretty well. As a start-up we want to be able to design fast and (if possible) in house. This software is perfect for that because of the templates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Swift Publisher?

The templates are gorgeous. The variety is very good for the price of the software. I love that I can make a professional looking piece of marketing (brochure, flyer, newsletter, etc.) in no time at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Swift Publisher?

It took a bit to learn how to use it but nothing major if you have used this type of thing before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Swift Publisher:

If you need more options for templates than the boring MS Word templates and especially if you are using a Mac, then I recommend this product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Swift Publisher solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have created newsletters, brochures and flyers in a smaller amount of time by using their templates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.