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Scribus: Leading, Kerning, and Tracking Text

By Bruce Byfield 

In "Tweaking Text in Scribus," I briefly described the tools available for manipulating text in Scribus. more>>

Printing in Scribus

By Bruce Byfield 

Scribus is designed for quality printing. Unlike a word processor, its output is not meant simply to be good enough for practical use, but to be fine-tuned until it is as close as possible to what you want. For this reason, printing is considerably more complicated in Scribus than in the office applications with which you may be familiar. more>>

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Using Styles in Scribus

By Bruce Byfield 

If you don't include master pages (which are really styles under another name), then Scribus supports three types of hierarchial styles: lines, character, and paragraph. As in any other self-respecting word processor or layout application, these styles allow you to apply detailed sets of formatting options quickly, without having to change each instance of a formatting option individually. more>>

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Adding Master Pages to Scribus

By Bruce Byfield 

Like most word processors and layout applications, Scribus has a variety of tools that allow you to design once and use repeatedly. For pages, the tool is Master Pages. Master Pages are styles or templates in which you can position repeated elements like headers and footers or logos. more>>

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