[Scribus] Setting a thesis in Scribus (ver. 1.3.3.2 dev)

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Nik-4 wrote:
> 
> Hi Marek,
> 
> I don't actually agree with a previous post that Scribus is not the 
> appropriate tool for you.
> 

Sorry, I need to nitpick on this one :-)



> I use Scribus for typical DTP tasks such as newsletters, etc, as well as 
> more document-oriented tasks such as white papers and business plans, 
> and find scribus both powerful and easy to use for these tasks.
> 
> One point: the 1.3.x versions of Scribus are development, and hence 
> probably less stable than you might want. The most recent 1.2 version is 
> currently a better choice for 'production' work. I currently use 1.2.4.1 
> for all my regular work, and use 1.3.x occasionally for specific 
> printing tasks (eg, greyscale PDF production). You might find you are 
> happier using 1.2.4.x for the moment, until the current development 
> (1.3.x) has been stabilised into a release (which will then be called 
> 1.4.x).
> 

We developers think that 1.3.3 is as stable as 1.2.4. In fact there are
plans
to make 1.3.3 the new (intermediate) stable version, since there are a lot
of features in the 1.3 branch which are missing in 1.2.



> Basic workflow: 
> ...
> 
> One of the major benefits of using OpenOffice as your content editor is 
> that scribus can import text styles as it imports the text.
> 

Unfortunately OOo import doesn't handle footnotes very well.



>> So far, I'm getting acquainted with Scribus. It seems fit as far as I see  
>> it, but I have a few questions regarding workflow:
>> 2. It seems to support styles (defined from scratch). Does it support:
>> a) creating table of contents based on headings (as in word processors);
> 

1.3.3 does.



> ...
>> c) anchoring images to paragraphs, keywords, etc.;
> 
> No, scribus positions everything by frames. In my experience, this is 
> much more accurate and simple than content-based layout. (see note above 
> regarding keeping chapters independent).)
> 

This is possible in 1.3.3 but somewhat experimental.



> ...
>> f) live pagination (based on headings) and page numbering (within  
>> sections).
> 
> No, with scribus you control pagination using frames. This means you 
> don't have to remember to embed special things in the text to ensure 
> correct formatting.
> 
> Scribus can generate page numbers. I don't believe you can easily 
> re-start page numbering mid-document, so if you want to start each 
> section with page 1, you would need to do page numbers manually, or have 
> a separate document for each section, and then merge the result (eg, 
> create PDF, and merge the PDFs).
> 

1.3.3 supports different numbering schemes per section.



> ...
>> Or would you rather advise me to prepare the body of the text in OOo,  
>> export it to PDF and open in Scribus to make final adjustments?
> 
> I would certainly advise you to create your text in OpenOffice, but 
> instead of exporting to PDF, I would import that text directly into 
> scribus. And remember that the more you can separate your text into 
> different documents, the more control you will have over the final layout.
> 

Unfortuantely Scribus can't open PDF for editing yet. The OOo import suffers
from the problems with footnotes mentioned above.


/Andreas
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