[scribus] Getting Scribus set up - problems

[Barry Smale]

John,

That is great. Thanks very much for your help.

Best,

Barry Smale
On 28 Dec 2011, at 16:14, john Culleton wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:37:36 +0000 Barry Smale
> <barry.smale at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have just downloaded Scribus for the first time and am having
>> a few problems.
>> 
>> 1. I have downloaded ghostscript but when I open Scribus it
>> says I don't have it available
>> 
>> 2. When I click on "Scribus manual' on the help menu nothing
>> happens
>> 
>> 3. I can only get a very limited set of pre-set colours when I
>> try and set text colour
>> 
>> Anyone got any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
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> 
> 1. this is a FAQ. The usual cure, wknce you have now installed
> GohostScript, is to reinstall Scribus. It should then find and
> use Ghostscript.
> 
> This is mentioned in the documentation somewhere. It needs to be
> highlghted. Those of us who use Linux are likely to already have
> GhostScript. It is included with Slackware for example. But those
> who use MSWin or OS X more often than not don't. 
> 
> I take the safe route and recommend in my e-book on page 7 that
> all the program packages that Scribus may use should be installed
> first, and Scribus installed last. 
> 
> 2. There was an error introduced in Scribus recently with respect
> to the manual. It has been fixed. So a fresh download and
> install should take care of that  problem.
> 
> 3. As recommended in my e-book on page 9 to get a useful color
> set you fire up Scribus. Exit the "New Document" page. Then with
> no document active go to the menu item Edit->Colors. In the
> appropriate space on that screen select "Scribus Open Office
> CMYK" and make that color set the default. Don't use the Libre
> color set, that is RPG.
> 
> Steps 1 and 3 are more or less automatic for old hands. But
> newcomers (including myself when I was a newbie not so long ago)
> stumble over them regularly. For problem 1. I suggest a
> highlighted message on the download page. For problem 3 I suggest
> that "Scribus Open Office CMYK" be the default. Many if not most
> Scribus users will end up there eventually. So why not make it
> the default?  The current default color set is pretty useless.
> 
> 
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