Michael P. Hopcroft wrote: > Does anyone know if there are good sources for either current-edition > Scruibus CDs or English-language books that teach how to use Scruibus? > I'm hoping to dual-boot my system and hope to get Scribus installed and > working on my system before I have to step back down to dial-up (My > sart-up busienss is havbing the usual difficulties one has when a > publishing company has no product to punlish because it's not rteady yet). > > Michael Hopcroft > Michael Hopcroft press > http://www.mphpress.com >
Let me throw my two cents in here, acknowledging that there is nothing wrong with Peter's response. The main thing you need to understand won't necessarily come from old or new documentation: DTP is not like wordprocessing, so you need to understand about DTP generically to be able to dive into Scribus. DTP is about inserting page elements to create an end product with very precise control over where and how these elements appear on the page. These elements may consist of text using high-resolution fonts, images, and other graphical elements (drawings of one sort or another). For those who do this professionally, having control over the actual printed colors is essential. This is what drives the creation of a program like Scribus -- being able to see on the computer monitor exactly what your end product will look like, and being able to alter the characteristics as easily and quickly as possible. So learning about Scribus is about learning what kinds of elements it can create or import, and then what options you have to manipulate them. In general, the GUI of Scribus is very straightforward. Having an obsessive-compulsive personality is not a requirement but eliminates the questions about why various measurements and control features are so precise. Check the scribus website for links to examples/tutorials. Beyond that, I can only suggest the liberal use of the spell checker of your choice. Greg Pittman
