The open source desktop publishing software Scribus has just received its first big update after nearly four years of development. Scribus 1.4 brings along more than 2000 bug fixes and feature requests that the developers managed to squeeze into the new version. One of the biggest improvements over previous versions of the application is that [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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DTP in Linux with Pagestream
Remember Amiga? Well, if you’re old enough to remember that platform, then you might remember the Pagestream desktop publishing system. Pagestream began in 1986 as Publishing Partner for the Atari Computers. By 1989 it was ported for the Amiga platform with its current name Pagestream. Around 1996 Pagestream enjoyed a jump to the Macintosh platform. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Stellar PDF Creation with Scribus
Professional PDF documents can make or break a marketing campaign, or advertising promotion, or even seal the deal with a client. For most people this job is done with either QuarkXPress or Adobe Reader. Both outstanding tools with a high price. Did you know, however, there was an open source tool that can do the [...]
PagePlus: A better and cheaper DTP program than Publisher
99% of home users will use Microsoft Publisher as their desktop publisher but will be unaware of a free superior package offered by Serif. PagePlus is a ‘budget’ desktop publishing suite published by Serif. The latest version (PagePlus X3) costs £80 but an older version, PagePlus SE, is offered free-of-charge. PagePlus SE contains many different [...]