PageMaker 3.0 for the PC was shipped in May 1988 and required Windows 2.0, which was bundled as a run-time version. Aldus Pagemaker 3.0 for Macintosh was shipped in April 1988.Thus, users who did not have Windows could run the application from MS-DOS.
Until May 1987, the initial Windows release was bundled with a full version of Windows 1.0.3 after that date, a 'Windows-runtime' without task-switching capabilities was included. Aldus Pagemaker 2.0 was released in 1987.
In 1987, Pagemaker was available on Digital Equipment's VAXstation computers. In October 1986, a version of Pagemaker was made available for Hewlett-Packard's HP Vectra computers. PageMaker was awarded a Codie award for Best New Use of a Computer in 1986.