Desktop publishing with Writer and Scribus
Posted: 27. Feb 2006 18:53
Monday February 27, 2006 (03:01 PM GMT)
By: Dmitri Popov
Although OpenOffice.org Writer offers many tools that allow you to create sophisticated layouts, you might want to use a dedicated desktop publishing application to lay out a brochure or a book. The latest version of the open source DTP application Scribus, 1.3.2, can import Writer's .odt documents, which makes Writer and Scribus a perfect combo for DTP work. Here's a brief overview of Scribus' essential tools and features from Writer users' point of view.
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219
By: Dmitri Popov
Although OpenOffice.org Writer offers many tools that allow you to create sophisticated layouts, you might want to use a dedicated desktop publishing application to lay out a brochure or a book. The latest version of the open source DTP application Scribus, 1.3.2, can import Writer's .odt documents, which makes Writer and Scribus a perfect combo for DTP work. Here's a brief overview of Scribus' essential tools and features from Writer users' point of view.
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/02/21/2152219