On 9/14/2011 8:21 AM, john Culleton wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:34:36 -0500 > Dale Erwin<dale at casaerwin.org> wrote: > >> I am brand new to Scribus (ver. 1.3.3.14 under WinXP SP2) and have >> been trying to go thru the tutorial for beginners to acquaint myself >> with the program. >> >> I didn't get too far before a problem arose. I defined the first >> page according to the instructions OK, but when trying to insert the >> image frame for the cover photo, in the properties box, I enter >> X-Pos: 0.000 mm, Y-Pos: 0.000 mm, Width: 210.000 mm, and all is well, >> then when I enter Height: 280.000 mm and when I tab out of this field >> the Width is changed by the program to 208.855 mm. >> >> There is no mention of this in the tutorial and subsequent images in >> the tutorial continue to show that Properties box with the 210.000 >> and 280.000 dimensions. >> >> Thinking I may have done something wrong and not being very far into >> the tutorial, I deleted the entire thing and started anew with the >> same results. What have I done wrong? >> > > Can't address this problem directly. But the so-called "stable" version > you are using is years obsolete and no one is working on it. Any > defects it has it has forever. The version 1.4.0rc5 is what most of us > are using. Some users still prefer earlier developmental versions in the > series 1.3.5 through 1.3.9. > > Here is a quote from the Scribus download web page: > -------------------------------------- > Current developmental version is 1.4.0 RC5. This is the fifth release > candidate for the 1.4.0 version. It's sufficiently stable for many > people to run in production environments, but beware of bugs that might > still be there. Report any problems in our bug tracking system. > ------------------------------- > It is in fact the new stable in everything but name. I suggest you move > up to it. Then if a problem occurs someone can assist you better. > > I use two versions: 1.4.0RC 5 and 1.5.0. The latter has one feature I > must have for my work, the output of a document in PDF X/1-a:2001 > format. I develop in 1.4.0 RC5 and then load the sla file in 1.5.0 for the > final file > creation. >
I have now installed 1.4.0 RC5 but now I find that things have changed and the tutorial doesn't always fit this version. What is the best way to go about learning how to use Scribus? Is there a tutorial based on ver. 1.4.0RC5? -- Dale Erwin Lurigancho, Lima 15 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18390) http://www.pctools.com/ =======
