Hi, First, regarding using Scribus on Windows: I am using it on windows vista and have not experienced any problems. It works flawlessly. So it is definitely no problems using it on Windows.
Secondly, regarding using Scribus for publishing a book: Scribus is good for publishing a newspaper or a magazine, with lots of different shorter and lengthier texts as well as images and other graphics. If you are writing a book you probably do not need most of Scribus features, and probably need some features that Scribus lacks. Use a document processor such as LyX (http://www.lyx.org/) instead. Med v?nliga h?lsningar / Best regards Andreas Karlsson clare at clarekitson.co.uk @ INTERNET skrev 2007-05-07 14:37:18 : > I wonder if someone can advise me. > > I'm a total beginner with DTP, and I was hoping to download Scribus > in the hope of, eventually, publishing a book. > > But, although Wikipedia lists books among Scribus's uses, the > Scribus website doesn't. What would be the problems if I did try to > use it for a book? > > And, secondly, is the version for Windows actually usable? In the > notes I found for 'Before Downloading' I noticed the paragraph: > > This is beta software which is undergoing many code changes daily. > While it is fairly stable and usable, caution is advised. It is not > recommended yet for production use. The underlying file format is > undergoing rapid changes and will not be finished until the 1.3.4 or > 1.3.5 version is released. > > Does anyone know when that will be? Is it worth my downloading it > or should I forget it? > > Many thanks. > > Clare > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
