Hallo Owen, On 4/12/07, Owen Cook <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 11:38:25AM +0200, Helge Hielscher wrote: > > what are the advantages/disadvantages of Scribus over MS Publisher? Is > > Publisher really that much easier to use for people who are familiar with > > MS Word? > > MS Word, Open Office Writer and similiar programs are word processors. > Scribus is a > publishing program. You cannot compare the two. (Is this a homework question?) > Google for the differences.
Sorry, but the distinction is not that clear. [1] Compare: http://www.westermayer.de/till/layout1.pdf http://www.westermayer.de/till/layout2.pdf http://www.schauan.com/Downloads/DTP-Probleme/Textsatztest_ID.pdf http://www.schauan.com/Downloads/DTP-Probleme/Textsatztest_Qx4.pdf http://www.schauan.com/Downloads/DTP-Probleme/Textsatztest_Cal.PDF > > On http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Similar_Programs it states that > > Publisher is joke, but what exactly makes it that? > > I think what is implied is that Publisher is not a Desk Top Publishing > program in the true > sense of the phrase. > > I think if you spent a little time examining the Edit->Properties of Scribus > and compare > those with Publisher, you will have a better understanding of the differences. Sorry, but I do not own a copy of Publisher. Regards, Helge [1] as discussed in http://groups.google.de/group/de.comp.text.dtp/browse_frm/thread/424c6567981c1626/03dddacb1a2cbd24?#03dddacb1a2cbd24 -- Helge Hielscher eMail: hhielscher at gmail.com Chat (Jabber): hhielscher at gmail.com ?Phone: +49 3644 55?01?71
