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Beginning Scribus
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Beginning Scribus

by Robert White
November 2015
Beginner content levelBeginner
376 pages
8h 42m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 1

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Scribus Basics

Most word processing systems are, by their very nature, limited in what they will allow you to do in terms of document layout. They are mainly concerned with creating textual content, and with copying and editing texts. However, they are not the most appropriate tools for preparing a publication for professional printing, as there is no real design element.

Desktop publishing applications, on the other hand, allow the user to complement the text by introducing images and graphic design elements as part of a more flexible page layout system. The emphasis, therefore, shifts from the processing of text to the design of ...

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