[scribus] Tutorial

[Owen]

> I am brand new to Scribus (ver. 1.3.3.14 under WinXP SP2) and have
> been
> trying to go thru the tutorial for beginners to acquaint myself with
> the
> program.
>
> I didn't get too far before a problem arose.  I defined the first page
> according to the instructions OK, but when trying to insert the image
> frame for the cover photo, in the properties box, I enter X-Pos: 0.000
> mm, Y-Pos: 0.000 mm, Width: 210.000 mm, and all is well, then when I
> enter Height: 280.000 mm and when I tab out of this field the Width is
> changed by the program to 208.855 mm.
>
> There is no mention of this in the tutorial and subsequent images in
> the
> tutorial continue to show that Properties box with the 210.000 and
> 280.000 dimensions.
>
> Thinking I may have done something wrong and not being very far into
> the
> tutorial, I deleted the entire thing and started anew with the same
> results.  What have I done wrong?
>



Hi,

I can't help you with 1.3.3.14, it is a 'bit old'

Suggest you upgrade, so look at
http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download and go to 'Download Scribus
1.4.0 RC5 installer for Windows (32-bit)'

I presume the tutorial you are following is the Rembrandt one. It
works in 1.4.0 RC5 ok. It will be found under 'Scribus basics' of
'Getting Started' in the manual



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Owen