


It is shown in white (or the color of your choice), but in reality has no color, and cannot be assigned a color. Although it may seem counterintuitive, the Document (A4, USLetter, or whatever) is only a space within which to work. The starting place of Scribus is the Document.Here are some elementary features of Scribus: 4.1 Two ways to create and work in a columns environment.3 You've Got Your Workspace, Your Scribus, What Are You Waiting For?.

Scribus will make PDFs, which can be used for a presentation projected on a screen, or create PDF forms, and increasingly, PDFs are a desirable medium for the internet. Lest we not forget, the output of Scribus need never reach the printed page. Scribus is mainly about that layout part, but in the process will be able to produce something which can be taken to a professional printing business and meet their needs.įor the more casual user, Scribus is perfectly happy to work with a PC of whatever type, and print the results on a home printer, either color or black and white. The layout person is first of all concerned about the layout of that content, and then about the type of paper or other stock it is printed on, how many colors are desired, the type of printing equipment being utilised, and so on. In professional printing, the decisions about what is being printed and what this content is being printed on are quite separate decisions.

A layout like this is hard to achieve in a word processor!
