Portland Linux/Unix Group: Open Source Desktop Publishing with Scribus
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Portland State University FAB, Room 86-09
1900 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland,
Oregon
97201,
US
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Access Notes
Building is at 4th and College. Room 86-01 is in the basement, take the elevator or stairs down to basement and follow the signs.
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Description
Presentation
Open Source Desktop Publishing
with
Scribus
by
John Jason Jordan
Scribus is just a few years old, but has already achieved
most of the features of the expensive commercial desktop
publishing apps, and a few they don't have. If you need to
do fliers, brochures, or whole books, Scribus is now the
preferred tool.
The presentation will start with a brief introduction to
some of the terms of desktop publishing, especially how to
get your computer to produce something that a print shop can
put on a press. This will include matters such as typography,
color management, banding and line screens, transparency,
imposition, and several other issues.
Then we will spend a few minutes on an overview of Scribus,
how it is different from word processors, TeX, and advantages
and disadvantages. This will include the basic features of
Scribus, including typographical controls, master pages, render
frames, PDF forms, PDF export options, scripting, collect for
output, and lots more. It will also cover how Scribus is the
end tool in a process that starts with other programs.
Finally we will reproduce the PLUG flier that was created
in Scribus. This will be presented on the screen showing
the steps and features of Scribus necessary to produce it.
Each member of the audience will have a paper copy of the
flier to assist in following the process.
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