On 04/25/2011 03:54 PM, Henry Hartley wrote: > mick simpson wrote: > >>> I have just downloaded Scribus to my Windows laptop which is >>> running XP Home. My eventual aim is to leave windows behind in >>> favour of Linux and/or MAC but because I need to produce a magazine >>> I have to remain with Windows while I become proficient in Scribus. >>> I can start Scribus but get a warning about Ghostscript not being >>> installed so have downloaded it form the 'net'. I can't see >>> anywhere in the stuff that's been downloaded anything that will >>> help me to install it on my machine. Any assistance will be >>> gratefully received. I ought to warn, I can operate a computer but >>> am not all that technically blessed so please make replies >>> relatively easy to follow. > > First of all, you can ignore the message about not having Ghostscript and use > Scribus without any trouble. The only thing is that you won't be able to > create PDF files of your documents. Since that's often important, it's worth > getting Ghostscript, but again, you can get to work in the meantime.
This isn't true, BTW. Ghostscript has nothing to do with creating PDFs or even exporting as EPS. Greg
