On Friday 21 October 2005 03:00, Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > Craig Bradney schrieb: > >>>Then I clicked on Help, only > >>>to be greeted by a typical Linux message -- "no help yet, but go to > >>>scribus.net." I don't know why I find that so annoying about Linux > >>>programs, but I do. > >> > >>Yes, this is something really missing. A simple online help with short > >>explanations on how to use Scribus. > > > > What distro are you using, and what version of Scribus? We have include > > documentation with Scribus for many versions now. You should either > > upgrade, or install the package that contains the docs if its been split > > away from the software, or submit a bug to the distro to make sure the > > docs are included. > > > > Craig > > Hi Craig, > > What I meant wasn't the manual. The manual provides excellent technical
Err yeah, I responded to your mail.. instead of Johns. > information and does educate on DTP and printing issues in a way no > other online help I know of does. I was talking about questions like > "How can I adjust a picture in a frame?" and a description of the > possibilities of Scribus, including some screen shots. Just the basics > as they are provided by almost all commercial offerings. Nothing > exhaustive, but a quick info on how to use the mountain of features, > similar to what OO.o does. I don't think it's enough to direct new users > to the mailing list, the Wiki or docs.scribus.net. As you may have > noticed by John's question, he didn't find any answers to his questions > in the docs. Did he even find the docs in the end? So many people seem to miss the Documentation menu on the main menu. > Also, some people probably cannot afford searching the docs on line, > especially when they are on dial-up or do not have any connection to the > net at all. Err.. then they should use the included ones. Text and Image handling is coming soon enough to the docs tho. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20051021/8e71d9be/attachment.pgp
