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Open source desktop page layout - stable branch
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scribus is an open source desktop page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in pdf and postscript, primarily, though not exclusively for linux.

scribus can be used for many tasks; from brochure design to newspapers, magazines, newsletters and posters to technical documentation. it has sophisticated page layout features like precision placing and rotating of text and/or images on a page, manual kerning of type, bezier curves polygons, precision placement of objects, layering with rgb and cmyk custom colors. the scribus document file format is xml-based. unlike proprietary binary file formats, even damaged documents, can be recovered with a simple text editor.

scribus supports professional dtp features, such as cmyk color and a color management system to soft proof images for high quality color printing, flexible pdf creation options, encapsulated postscript import/export and creation of 4 color separations, import of eps/ps and svg as native vector graphics, unicode text including right to left scripts such as arabic and hebrew via freetype. graphic formats which can be placed in scribus as images include pdf, encapsulated post script (eps), tiff, jpeg, png and xpixmap(xpm), and any bitmap type supported by qt4.

printing, pdf and svg creation are done via custom driver libraries and plug-ins, giving scribus inventive features: the abilities to include presentation effects with pdf output, fully scriptable interactive pdf forms, svg vector file output. the internal printer drivers fully support level 2 and level 3/pdf 1.4 postscript features including transparency and font embedding.

when run from kde, drag and drop, for example from desktop to the canvas, is enabled. there is easy to use drag and drop scrapbook for frequently used items such as text blocks, pictures and custom shaped frames.

User reviews:

		Score	Comment
5 days ago	ericvictor66	4	i'm a rookie with it, but good first impression
3 weeks ago	james62	4	A very good desktop publishing application for Linux.
1 month ago	turipriv	5	In assoluto uno dei migliori dtp software in circolazione e di sicuro il miglior open source in questa categoria. Consigliatissimo.
2 months ago	pasi55	4	Von den Funktionen her Top, aber in Aussehen und Bedienung noch etwas unausgereift - aber das wird sich bestimmt ändern. Ich nutze Scribus für absolut alles, was mit Layout zu tun hat, auch für unsere Schülerzeitung.
2 months ago	patrickcage	4	Very respectable DTP program for Linux
2 months ago	Vasea_Mpc	5	cool
3 months ago	lamprint	4	An excellent program once you get used to it. It now has a spell checker which is useful. A very good desk top publishing program.
4 months ago	mintwalker	5	Das Layout Programm für den Open Source Desktop. Top!
5 months ago	easy	5	I've designed booklets with this programs. It has a learning curve (for me at least), but once you know it, it's really wonderful. It has some really professional features that makes the cooperation with printing companies easy.
5 months ago	jasun	5	We published a professional looking cookbook with over 700 full color images on 100+ pages. Scribus worked good. My graphic-artist-sister created a similar book in InDesign. It appeared to me that the performance of Scribus was better. Anyway, we published the book and it is selling well. Success! Thank you to all those who worked to create this program.
5 months ago	rodeloli	5	The only good FLOSS alternative to InDesign.
5 months ago	Liber	4	Great piece of software. Unfortunately, autosave does not work.
6 months ago	ali20	5	a nice tool to draw
7 months ago	wally	5	A fine piece of software the equal of anything commercial, for desktop publishing this is the one to use. I have used the word superlative for other pieces of software, this also deserves that accolade!
10 months ago	michelsaey	4	Great tool
1 year ago	Colin_P	4	I have been using scribus 1.4 for some while on my XP machine, but when I converted my Laptop to Mint 12 iat the beginning of March 2012 I loaded as a Linux App. I think that its great and make quite a lot of things for my wife's card making. I also use it to make PDF files to load onto my iPod.
1 year ago	TommyBdk	4	Very good, best DTP program for linux. UI needs some makeover.
1 year ago	meshsci	5	Excellent. Or at least excellent for the simple job I had to do, which was to create a 100+ page book with each page being a jpeg image of a discrete scanned page. Also excellent in that it's not resource hungry (like I expected any page layout program to be). Now I'm all enthusiastic to create a richly illustrated book with Scribus. Scribus, you rock. Well, the good guys who made it what it is rock.
1 year ago	ulysses	3	It's okay.
1 year ago	vpavek	5	tbe best program for magazine and publishing pretty documents
1 year ago	jorgecachoh	5	A great design tool for magazines!
1 year ago	ruhrpottjung	4	Great open source software
1 year ago	winlinuser	4	I Like Scribus very much. It is well worth the learning curve. Beats Ms Publisher hands down. Great program.
1 year ago	kneekoo	4	I like Scribus for its purpose but I wish it was easier to use. My wife ended up using Microsoft Publisher and I can't blame her - the Scribus UI needs some careful improvements so the learning curve and usability doesn't stand in the way of new comers.
1 year ago	chassum	5	Easy enough for a novice. Full-featured enough for production work. Work through some of the tutorials and you'll be amazed at what it can accomplish.
1 year ago	mitanshugamer	4	great open source peace of work...
1 year ago	Tasyo	5	Good replacement for Adobe's PageMaker and Microsoft's Publisher. Version 1.3.9 (from GetDeb) is a nice improvement over the stock version from the repos. Not being able to support .PMD or .PUB files shouldn't be an excuse not to use this software, since neither PageMaker nor Publisher don't even support Scribus' native file format, either.
1 year ago	sgbeal	4	Sometimes it's a bit slow but it can do damned near anything. It strongly prefers a very fast machine.
1 year ago	stleon	5	Smth like Dreamviewer
1 year ago	linux1492	3	I was looking for a greeting card software like MS-Publisher from the old days. Scribus looks nice editing program. Gonna use it later for other applications then greeting cards. Perhaps one could do a poster with it. ...
1 year ago	Examiner	5	Even as a Linux newbie - I love it! For some unknown reason, Open Office will not read any of my PDF files. They all pull up as though they are corrupted, even though they are viewable with the Document Viewer. Scribus swooped in to save the day, and have been able to recreate files that are essential to our small enterprise. The user interface is easy on the eyes, and it is not very difficult to figure out how to use all of its many applications. It does, emphasis on does, need a manual added to the Help section. That would make it just about perfect. Very easy to add fonts, very easy to alter image sizes, very easy to reposition text or images...
1 year ago	trollboy	4	4.5 only because my favourite software list is getting too long! Brilliant at it's job.
1 year ago	technologychick	4	its not a bad litle program, if you need a front-ended web design program
1 year ago	sigurd1701	5	Professional yet easy to use. rare diamond
1 year ago	linuxnpl	4	4*
1 year ago	makruger	4	Good application, but lacks .pub support
1 year ago	terravoice	5	Τέλειο
2 years ago	Arvantia	5	Gyors és sok lehetőséget adó program pontos szín definicióval.
2 years ago	orionthehunter	5	I needed a project at hand to learn it. Once I had tasks that I wanted to accomplish I realized how intuitive the workflow became. The properties dialog is where almost everything happens. After some getting used to it this is an immensely powerful application.
2 years ago	Le_Pat	4	Good but hard to use for the beginner. Bon logiciel, mais ergonomie perfectible
2 years ago	fcole90	5	Great! It's like InDesign
2 years ago	Ehecatl1138	4	Una alternativa de código abierto que se alza para llegar alto. Si bien aún le falta desarrollo Scribus nos permite familiarizarnos con el mundo de la autoedición de manera simple y con muchas características útilies.
2 years ago	cybertriveni	5	good publication tool......
2 years ago	wynne74	5	Very well done.
2 years ago	grim	4	Helped me a lot in the past :D Interface could be better though
2 years ago	Qruqs	4	Very nice program. Does things a bit out of the ordinary, but the end result is perfect.
2 years ago	poutnik	5	Very good
2 years ago	sonic4spuds	5	The UI may not be the best, but it is very powerful and quickly getting better.
2 years ago	plonker000	4	Excellent tool for page design
2 years ago	hexram	5	Amazing power yet very easy to use.
2 years ago	pasdechance	5	best for desktop publishing. quick and easy to learn. runs even on my slow-ass computer
2 years ago	bksingh	4	Very Good tool for page design
2 years ago	punkrtekk	5	If you want to create zines or whatever, there is no better program!
2 years ago	titohal	4	Useful, but interface could be better.
2 years ago	Troken	3	Great features, but poor interface.
2 years ago	ceptor	5	great software - simple in use
2 years ago	ozos	5	It's great!!
2 years ago	linXea	5	Been working professionally with QuarkXpress and I have to say Scribus isn't far behind. One of my favorite applications
2 years ago	mange	5	very nice program, tons of features!
2 years ago	ttahola	5	Almost as good as Adobe InDesign. But free!
2 years ago	Wamukota	4	Nice DTP once you get the hang of it. Documentation could be improved for a novice user
2 years ago	Twiguard	2	I don't get this app. Know some better DTP apps.
2 years ago	mikefreeman	5	Great!
2 years ago	Canid	4	Bom!!!
3 years ago	Morgen	5	Learning curve that is well worth the time. Great app!
3 years ago	tadatma	5	great application but not enough templates available
3 years ago	moorewarner	5	Scribus always gets added to new installs , should be a default. A great Desktop publishing app. Most folks don't realize how much easier it is to do layout work in a desktop publishing application as opposed to a word processor.
3 years ago	Alexio	4	It's great for desktop publishing, has quite the list of features and is fairly easy to get used to.
3 years ago	clem	5	Excellent app.

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