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5 stars
Version: Scribus Portable 1.3.3.11
"Easily a competitior to Quark and InDesign"
Pros: I produced the layout for a 24 page newspaper in one afternoon; in QuarkXpress or InDesign that could take me roughly two days. More print options.
Cons: Perhaps a better picture/text wrap facility. This gig of placing a blank figure underneath images gets annoying.
Summary: The editor review is mistaken about images in Scribus, like InDesign you have to adjust the image to the frame or vice versa. There is also no question as to "prettiness", it looks as good as any other programme. It seems almost inconceivable that you could get a free programme that has such power and functionality, but here it is.
Scribus beats bulkier, more expensive DTP stalwarts like Quark on simple features like a story editor (Quark has no proper editor) and Scribus has a much more intuitive menu system. There are no ludicrous naming conventions or irritating multi-step ways to do what should be simple tasks. Once you've poked around a little, it leaves you free to concentrate on what you opened the programme to achieve: design and layout. You can even save your own templates to a useful visual template bank.
Considering Scribus has be shown capable of preparing print-ready materials for professional printing jobs, the $0 price-tag makes it the only choice for those who need professional layout tools, but can't afford to take out a mortgage on QuarkXpress or industry standards like InDesign.
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