[Scribus] OpenOffice importer working ??

[Bob Horvath]

Gregory Pittman wrote:

> Bob Horvath wrote:
>
>> BTW, I love scribus.  I seek out reasons to use it.
>
>
> This could be a Wiki topic -- stupid reasons we use Scribus.
> My stupid reason is for making envelopes.  It turns out that setting 
> up a file for my Photosmart printer, then editing it with Story 
> Editor, is about as fast as anything else I can use for rapidly making 
> an envelope.  I gave up trying to get oowriter to print an envelope in 
> my Photosmart correctly (maybe they fixed this in more recent 
> versions, but after using Scribus I don't see the need to figure this 
> out again).
> I probably would use Scribus for Post-it notes if I could keep them 
> from sticking inside the printer.
>
Here is a use case the developers probably never thought of...

http://files.horvath.com/dscn6602-600.jpg

My son wanted to make a Pinewood Derby car for Cub Scouts that looks 
like the track.  I had some sticker paper, so I made a sticker that 
looked like the track.  I can't imagine how else I would have gotten 
layed out just the way I wanted it.