On 07/04/2010, Dhastha Gheer <dhasthagh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Application: Scribus
>
> What it is:
>
> Scribus is an open source desktop page layout program with the aim of
> producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript, primarily,
> though not exclusively for Linux.
>
> Features:
>
> Scribus can be used for many tasks; from brochure design to
> newspapers, magazines, newsletters and posters to technical
> documentation. It has sophisticated page layout features like
> precision placing and rotating of text and/or images on a page, manual
> kerning of type, bezier curves polygons, precision placement of
> objects, layering with RGB and CMYK custom colors. The Scribus
> document file format is XML-based. Unlike proprietary binary file
> formats, even damaged documents, can be recovered with a simple text
> editor.
>
> To know more about:
>
> http://www.scribus.net/
>
> To install:
>
> sudo apt-get install scribus
>
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Scribus is an amazing app. We use it in our college to bring out the
newsletter of the electrical engg. department.
Automatic hyphenation is the best feature according to me.
-- 
Bhargav Prasanna
"Linux - Because x64 is a terrible thing to waste"
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