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Scribus On Line Help Program Author Franz Schmid Franz.Schmid@altmuehlnet.de
Version 0.8, Updated 27 September 2002
This is the second major revision to the documentation by Peter Linnell, netscribe@attbi.com completed for 0.8 - stable based on the original by the program author, Franz Schmid.
For documentation on the new PDF form features in 0.8, look at the documentation under PDF Export - Save As PDF
For a detailed step by step to compile Scribus for first timers, see: Compiling Scribus for the First Time This article is meant for new Linux users who never compiled from source before.
This Handbook describes Scribus 0.8 - stable, plus updates since the last release.
The most recent version of thus documentation can be found at: http://www.atlantictechsolutions.com/sribusdocs/
1.Introduction
2. Installation
2.1 How to obtain Scribus
2.2 Requirements
2.3 Compilation and installation
2.4 Platforms
2.5 Compiling Scribus for the First Time
3. The Menus
3.1 File Menu
3.2 Edit Menu
3.3 Style Menu
3.4 Item Menu
3.5 Page Menu
3.6 View Menu
3.7 Tools Menu
3.8 Extras Menu
3.9 Help Menu
3.10 Preferences Panel
3.11 PDF Export and PDF Forms
4. Questions and Answers
4.1 Scribus won't start,complaining about no fonts
4.2 Color Management does not show up in the panel
4.3 Placing Formatted Tables
4.4 My Palettes have Disappeared
4.5 SVG Output looks horrible.
5. Introduction to Scribus Color Management
6. Optimizing Your Desktop for Scribus
6.1 Linux for Desktop Publishing
6.2 Fonts,Fonts,Fonts
6.3 Printing Issues and Exporting PDF
6.4 Other DTP Tools
7. Useful Links for Linux DTP and Scribus
8. Change Log
9. Copyright
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