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Open Source Desktop Page Layout - stable branch
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Description:

Scribus is an open source desktop page layout program with the aim of producing commercial grade output in PDF and Postscript.

Scribus can be used for many tasks; from brochure design to newspapers, magazines, newsletters and posters to technical documentation.

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.

If you need to use the render frame install the texlive-latex-recommended package (suggested).

User reviews:

	Score	Comment
pelutxe 6 months ago	5	Excellent. Works as well as InDesign does, only Scribus is faster, free and cross-platform, so it's a lot better.
kybagul 10 months ago	5	Best application for publishing as DTP
quickblack 1 year ago	5	the best publishing software...
Aotuhm 2 years ago	5	A complete pro tool for publishing.
jagmint 2 years ago	5	A very feature rich and powerful Desktop Publishing program. There is a bit of learning curve but there are lots of online tutorials to begin with. Once you get a feel then you become more productive. All the tools needed are there.
shuphi 2 years ago	5	The essential tool for printed media output. Totally rocks.
Druida13 2 years ago	4	Equivale ao Publisher
cryptor 2 years ago	5	Muy completo y al mismo tiempo sencillo. Los resultados son espectaculares.
guaibao 3 years ago	4	fff
rudspring 3 years ago	5	it's worth every minute to learn this tool, got great results for posters and small magazines.
Rebel450 3 years ago	4	a bit complicated to deal with the menus/options - but for sure - the best you can get for Linux...
kiama-mint 3 years ago	5	go good
fotonix 3 years ago	5	Full-strength DTP. Have made new converts of very experienced users of other DTP products.
greg01 3 years ago	4	I've installed v 1.4.5 and it is pretty effective once you get to grips with it. The issue is that there are no good tutorials written for new users. Like many things linux, if you can understand the technobabble, you probably don't need to read it anyway. What is needed is a simple step-by-step guide written for normal people by normal people! I might have a go!
myrkat 4 years ago	4	As others have said, the 1.4.2 is behind the current stable (1.4.4); get from ppa instead. I make multi-page newsletters, posters, etc. Not the easiest software to learn, but PRO and powerful. Best on Linux, and only real free option.
JCH2 4 years ago	2	1.4.2 is way behind the latest stable release. And it will not export to PDF at all in Linux Mint 17. Install via the direct stable ppa instead (ppa:scribus/pops)
EmavasH 4 years ago	4	Super sencillo
andrezero 4 years ago	4	Good
dmkr7332 5 years ago	4	Perfect to make posters!
davison 5 years ago	3	Lento e tem muito recursos (não é o que eu queria)
nileshahari 5 years ago	4	Nice!!!!!!
ericvictor66 5 years ago	4	i'm a rookie with it, but good first impression
james62 5 years ago	4	A very good desktop publishing application for Linux.
turipriv 5 years ago	5	In assoluto uno dei migliori dtp software in circolazione e di sicuro il miglior open source in questa categoria. Consigliatissimo.
pasi55 5 years ago	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.
patrickcage 5 years ago	4	Very respectable DTP program for Linux
Vasea_Mpc 5 years ago	5	cool
lamprint 5 years ago	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.
mintwalker 5 years ago	5	Das Layout Programm für den Open Source Desktop. Top!
easy 6 years ago	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.
jasun 6 years ago	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.
rodeloli 6 years ago	5	The only good FLOSS alternative to InDesign.
Liber 6 years ago	4	Great piece of software. Unfortunately, autosave does not work.
ali20 6 years ago	5	a nice tool to draw
wally 6 years ago	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!
michelsaey 6 years ago	4	Great tool
Colin_P 6 years ago	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.
TommyBdk 6 years ago	4	Very good, best DTP program for linux. UI needs some makeover.
meshsci 6 years ago	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.
ulysses 6 years ago	3	It's okay.
vpavek 6 years ago	5	tbe best program for magazine and publishing pretty documents
jorgecachoh 6 years ago	5	A great design tool for magazines!
ruhrpottjung 6 years ago	4	Great open source software
winlinuser 6 years ago	4	I Like Scribus very much. It is well worth the learning curve. Beats Ms Publisher hands down. Great program.
kneekoo 7 years ago	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.
chassum 7 years ago	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.
mitanshugamer 7 years ago	4	great open source peace of work...
Tasyo 7 years ago	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.
sgbeal 7 years ago	4	Sometimes it's a bit slow but it can do damned near anything. It strongly prefers a very fast machine.
stleon 7 years ago	5	Smth like Dreamviewer
linux1492 7 years ago	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. ...
Examiner 7 years ago	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...
trollboy 7 years ago	4	4.5 only because my favourite software list is getting too long! Brilliant at it's job.
technologychick 7 years ago	4	its not a bad litle program, if you need a front-ended web design program
sigurd1701 7 years ago	5	Professional yet easy to use. rare diamond
linuxnpl 7 years ago	4	4*
makruger 7 years ago	4	Good application, but lacks .pub support
terravoice 7 years ago	5	Τέλειο
Arvantia 7 years ago	5	Gyors és sok lehetőséget adó program pontos szín definicióval.
orionthehunter 7 years ago	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.
Le_Pat 7 years ago	4	Good but hard to use for the beginner. Bon logiciel, mais ergonomie perfectible
fcole90 7 years ago	5	Great! It's like InDesign
Ehecatl1138 7 years ago	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.
cybertriveni 7 years ago	5	good publication tool......
wynne74 7 years ago	5	Very well done.
grim 7 years ago	4	Helped me a lot in the past :D Interface could be better though
Qruqs 7 years ago	4	Very nice program. Does things a bit out of the ordinary, but the end result is perfect.
poutnik 8 years ago	5	Very good
sonic4spuds 8 years ago	5	The UI may not be the best, but it is very powerful and quickly getting better.
plonker000 8 years ago	4	Excellent tool for page design
hexram 8 years ago	5	Amazing power yet very easy to use.
pasdechance 8 years ago	5	best for desktop publishing. quick and easy to learn. runs even on my slow-ass computer
bksingh 8 years ago	4	Very Good tool for page design
punkrtekk 8 years ago	5	If you want to create zines or whatever, there is no better program!
titohal 8 years ago	4	Useful, but interface could be better.
Troken 8 years ago	3	Great features, but poor interface.
ceptor 8 years ago	5	great software - simple in use
ozos 8 years ago	5	It's great!!
linXea 8 years ago	5	Been working professionally with QuarkXpress and I have to say Scribus isn't far behind. One of my favorite applications
mange 8 years ago	5	very nice program, tons of features!
ttahola 8 years ago	5	Almost as good as Adobe InDesign. But free!
Wamukota 8 years ago	4	Nice DTP once you get the hang of it. Documentation could be improved for a novice user
Twiguard 8 years ago	2	I don't get this app. Know some better DTP apps.
mikefreeman 8 years ago	5	Great!
Canid 8 years ago	4	Bom!!!
Morgen 8 years ago	5	Learning curve that is well worth the time. Great app!
tadatma 8 years ago	5	great application but not enough templates available
moorewarner 8 years ago	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.
Alexio 8 years ago	4	It's great for desktop publishing, has quite the list of features and is fairly easy to get used to.
clem 8 years ago	5	Excellent app.

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