I’ve just discovered an open source cross platform Desk Top Publishing program.
http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=index
I’d wondered why I had not come across it. OS X port in 2005, Windows Port in 2006, originally Linux – that’s probably why. Looks good with just a short tinker, has understood the paradigm of DTP (which is NOT word processing), has a good community, frequent updates and good documentation.
Nice find Derek! I’m downloading it now. All going well, I’ll have a few screen recordings of it soon…
wait!! There is one already! http://youtube.com/watch?v=SAicUk-p0lU
[...] last! A free, open and cross platform desktop publisher Jump to Comments Derek Chirnside points to a gem of an application – Scribus. Scribus brings award-winningprofessional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOSX, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of “press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout. [...]
here’s my recording: http://learnonline.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/at-last-a-free-open-and-cross-platform-desktop-publisher/
Leigh, thanks for this.
I’ve now nearly finished my first full document, and it’s going well. Just printing to go.
I should note I started in word. Wanted to get some A4 > folder A5 booklet functionality going that I have used on and off and it ALWAYS had a printing bug. Like back to 2000. Guess what!! Google groups searching shows the bug is still there and unfixed.
Scribus did it fine.
[...] only open source DTP program I know of that really does serious stuff. I mentioned it last year. Now I am using it [...]