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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP
- Date added: June 27, 2007
- Total Downloads: 8,758
- Downloads last week: 92
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 5 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Scribus offers up a freeware desktop publisher that lacks the polish of more popular, pay-for-use programs. What it lacks in pretty design, though, it more than makes up for with a full complement of useful features that compare very favorably against more expensive competition.
The detailed Web site includes a wealth of documentation, tutorials (some with video), and notes on everything from installation problems to drawing a grid to creating a text frame. We found it an invaluable resource when testing the application. There wasn't much jazz to the interface, but all the major beats were present: buttons were laid out logically and grouped according to function, without any unusual placement.
Scribus does have some oddities, mostly related to the scaling of imported images, but there's something else about it that's far more interesting: it painlessly brings in documents from the OpenOffice.org suite and it uses The GIMP for image editing. By taking advantage of these other freeware apps to boost its own productivity, Scribus enhances its appeal by forming a virtual freeware suite. We highly recommend this app to anyone who needs the power of expensive tools but can't afford them.
Publisher's description
From Scribus :Portable Scribus is a portable standalone version of an open source page maker/desktop publishing tool called Scribus. With it, you can create professional looking documents, newsletters, and magazines. Put it on your USB drive, and plug it in to any computer, and leave not trace behind when you're done. Or run it on your computer without the need of installing it.
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Version: Portable Scribus 1.3.3.9
Pros: Nothing> It said window, but qin-zip would not open it.
Cons: I can't open it?
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