<Copied to unsubscribed poster RLN37 at yahoo.com> On Thu, 5 Aug 2010 01:42:18 +0200 Baseball Bob <help at scribus.info> dijo:
>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? You will find that Scribus has pretty much all the capabilities of Ventura. That is, it has some features that are lacking in Ventura, and lacks a few that Ventura has. For the use you describe I am pretty sure you will find Scribus to be an excellent replacement for Ventura. Having said that, you will experience a learning curve. First, just switching from Windows to Ubuntu will take a lot of hunting for where the buttons are and how to do things. And then you will find that Scribus, while it has the features you need, has a completely different way of doing things from Ventura. Once you get over learning how to do things you will wonder how you ever put up with Windows/Ventura. But for the first couple of months you should expect a fair amount of confusion. This list will help with Scribus, and the Ubuntu forums are accustomed to questions from beginners new to Linux. I recommend installing Ubuntu alongside Windows at first. Ubuntu has a program called Wubi that facilitates this. Once you have Ubuntu installed alongside Windows you can install Scribus on it. Then you can take one or more of your old forms and manuals and reproduce them in Scribus. This will be a good exercise to introduce you to the Scribus way of doing things, yet without the risk of missing a deadline. You will still have Windows and Ventura if you need them.
