John, That is great. Thanks very much for your help.
Best, Barry Smale On 28 Dec 2011, at 16:14, john Culleton wrote: > On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:37:36 +0000 Barry Smale > <barry.smale at btinternet.com> wrote: > >> I have just downloaded Scribus for the first time and am having >> a few problems. >> >> 1. I have downloaded ghostscript but when I open Scribus it >> says I don't have it available >> >> 2. When I click on "Scribus manual' on the help menu nothing >> happens >> >> 3. I can only get a very limited set of pre-set colours when I >> try and set text colour >> >> Anyone got any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Barry Smale ___ Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net >> >> _______________________________________________________ >> Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting >> http://www.doteasy.com > > 1. this is a FAQ. The usual cure, wknce you have now installed > GohostScript, is to reinstall Scribus. It should then find and > use Ghostscript. > > This is mentioned in the documentation somewhere. It needs to be > highlghted. Those of us who use Linux are likely to already have > GhostScript. It is included with Slackware for example. But those > who use MSWin or OS X more often than not don't. > > I take the safe route and recommend in my e-book on page 7 that > all the program packages that Scribus may use should be installed > first, and Scribus installed last. > > 2. There was an error introduced in Scribus recently with respect > to the manual. It has been fixed. So a fresh download and > install should take care of that problem. > > 3. As recommended in my e-book on page 9 to get a useful color > set you fire up Scribus. Exit the "New Document" page. Then with > no document active go to the menu item Edit->Colors. In the > appropriate space on that screen select "Scribus Open Office > CMYK" and make that color set the default. Don't use the Libre > color set, that is RPG. > > Steps 1 and 3 are more or less automatic for old hands. But > newcomers (including myself when I was a newbie not so long ago) > stumble over them regularly. For problem 1. I suggest a > highlighted message on the download page. For problem 3 I suggest > that "Scribus Open Office CMYK" be the default. Many if not most > Scribus users will end up there eventually. So why not make it > the default? The current default color set is pretty useless. > > > -- > > John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: > http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html > > "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
