I am pretty much a one-man show with my publication. I like inputting the text directly into the layout for a tight work flow. I used InDesign before my switch to Linux and it had it.
I have been publishing sine 1991 and just found it helps speed up my publishing effort. The less that I have to switch between programs, the faster everything is. Thanks Jeff Place > Cedric Sagne wrote: > >> IMPACT: A spell checker encourages copy writers to request last minute >> changes instead of getting the spellcheck done when it is due. The >> impact on good practice is twofold as although word spelling is within >> reach of computers, style changes, grammar, vocabulary changes are >> not. If copy writers get into the habit of changing their text after >> it is handed over to design, they can become iteration champions. > > Unfortunately, in my experience it's relatively common to see last > minute change requests and plenty of back-and-forth between the layout > and editorial people. Technological issues like the lack of a spelling > checker do not stop it - all they seem to do is make it less efficient. > > A good, well organised workflow in the right kind of organisation is > unlikely to need the spelling checker. They might use it as an > additional safeguard or might not, but won't be massively affected > either way. If an organisation's workflow isn't well set up and there is > a lot of last minute editing going on, then a built-in spelling checker > is likely to make that quicker and more reliable. I don't see the > spelling checker as encouraging bad practices in multi-user workflows so > much as helping already bad ones stagger along better and maybe adding > a little polish to good ones. > > Users who're doing the writing and layout themselves, though, will > probably find it more convenient to be able to edit directly in Scribus > - and really, there's nothing wrong with that. For a big body of text > you're better off with a word processor, but there are definitely times > it's more efficient to just put together some content directly in the > DTP app. Additionally, DTP newbies will probably do this no matter what > people advise, and aren't going to be stopped by the lack of a spelling > checker. > > -- > Craig Ringer > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus ++++++++++++++++++++ Jeffrey L. Place Publisher Sports Place Media ++++++++++++++++++++
