[scribus] Tutorial

[Dale Erwin]

On 9/14/2011 8:21 AM, john Culleton wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:34:36 -0500
> Dale Erwin<dale at casaerwin.org>  wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>
> Can't address this problem directly. But the so-called "stable" version
> you are using is years obsolete and no one is working on it. Any
> defects it has it has forever. The version 1.4.0rc5 is what most of us
> are using. Some users still prefer earlier developmental versions in the
> series 1.3.5 through 1.3.9.
>
> Here is a quote from the Scribus download web page:
> --------------------------------------
> Current developmental version is 1.4.0 RC5. This is the fifth release
> candidate for the 1.4.0 version. It's sufficiently stable for many
> people to run in production environments, but beware of bugs that might
> still be there. Report any problems in our bug tracking system.
> -------------------------------
> It is in fact the new stable in everything but name. I suggest you move
> up to it. Then if a problem occurs someone can assist you better.
>
> I use two versions: 1.4.0RC 5 and 1.5.0. The latter has one feature I
> must have for my work, the output of a document in PDF X/1-a:2001
> format. I develop in 1.4.0 RC5 and then load the sla file in 1.5.0 for the final file
> creation.
>

I have now installed 1.4.0 RC5 but now I find that things have changed 
and the tutorial doesn't always fit this version.

What is the best way to go about learning how to use Scribus?  Is there 
a tutorial based on ver. 1.4.0RC5?

-- 
Dale Erwin
Lurigancho, Lima 15 PERU

http://leather.casaerwin.org




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