On Wednesday 04 August 2010 19:42:18 Baseball Bob wrote: > Submitted on 08/05/2010 > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] > > Submitted values are: > > Name: Baseball Bob > Email Address: RLN37 at yahoo.com > Subject: Ventura Publisher > Message: > I am trying to drop Windows altogether, and go to Ubuntu. But I run a > baseball league for kids every summer, and depend on Ventura Publisher ( a > WYSIWYG desktop publishing program) to make all necessary forms, and to > produce good-looking many-page manuals for coaches and parents. I wonder > if moving to Scribus would be workable for me? I don't need absolute > compatibility with Ventura, but I have found Ventura to be very convenient > over the years, so would like a Linux DTP program that has similar > attributes. Would Scribus be good for me? Or is it mainly just a > single-page layout program, that might bog down when tackling something > like a 35-page user manual for example? > > About your Scribus program: > Version: 1.3.3.14 > Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt > Build Date: > Your operating system and CPU: > Type: Windows > Version: Vista or Windows 7 > CPU type: 32bit (Intel/AMD - i386) > > The results of this submission may be viewed at: > http://www.scribus.net/?q=node/158/submission/492 > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
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