scribus

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

X-Scribus 1.3.3.13 (Windows)

Scribus is an open-source program that brings professional page layout. Scribus supports professional features, such as CMYK color, spot color, separations, ICC color and robust commercial grade PDF. This is a fully portable version of Scribus made by winPenPack. Version 1.3.3.13 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Page Layout, WinPenPack, Scribus, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-04-26

Open source for hard times

Open source for hard timesIs there a F/OSS replacement for AutoCAD?Somebody needs to design the machine guns.Scribus == IndesignInkscape is for vector drawing, but Scribus is the open source page layout application.JoeyOpenProjOf course, you need a tool to efficiently plan that film you'll be doing with Kino. OpenProj is a...

Tags: OpenProj, FreeMind, Scribus, machine gun, open source, Inkscape

Discussion threads 2009-02-26

Open source for hard times

Friend of the blog Erica Zeidenberg, who represents the good folks at Palamida, has been flogging an "open source job hunters toolkit," filled with open source programs you can use, free, in your job hunt. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: OpenGoo, Scribus, TextPattern, Kino, Pidgin, KPresenter, Amarok, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Scribus 1.3.5 (Mac)

Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Page Layout, Scribus, Scribus/Aqua

Software downloads 2008-11-29

Portable Scribus 1.3.3.12 (Windows)

Portable Scribus is a portable version of an open source page maker called Scribus, which is much like Adobe Pagemaker, which can help create professional looking documents, newsletters, magazines, etc. With Portable Scribus, you can put it on your USB drive, and plug it in to any computer, and leave...

Tags: Quate Development, Scribus, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Flash Memory, Productivity, Open Source, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-08-12

Scribus 1.3.3.11 (Windows)

Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color...

Tags: Page Layout, Scribus, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-06

Scribus Portable 1.3.3.11 (Windows)

Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color...

Tags: Page Layout, Scribus, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-06

How do I... Wrap text around an image in Scribus?

For many businesses the creation of various printed materials is a must. Especially when outsourcing is not an option, you are going to have to create you own professional looking print media. And within your creation you are going to need to know some of the tricks of the trade....

Tags: Trick, Jack Wallen, Scribus, Desktop Publishing, Linux, Open Source, Software, Operating Systems

Download resources 2008-05-06

Additional Resources

Why open source remains an ideological divide

Oh that was superb.Open Source.Stand for something! :)you are ideological from the startIf you want to remove ideology from the equation your clearly state your needs - functionnal, commercial and technical support ... etc, and compare available solutions.Price might be a key factor and it might not; availability of srouce...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Edubuntu followup

Sharing knowledgeWell done and thank you! Knowledge sharing at it's best.In the first Edubuntu blog post you asked us readers a technical question, and now, in the second Edubuntu post, you provide us with a summary of the most useful solutions.This is how knowledge sharing within the ZDnet community should...

Tags: Thin clients, OPEN SOURCE, thin client, Edubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'

Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Ubuntu aims at healing Linux's 'paper cuts'Papercuts? More like deep stab wounds that require major surgery.You can't polish a turd. It still has linux underneath it. The problem is there is no fixing linux. Its inner workings of being a mesh of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

MS wooing schools with new license offer

MS wooing schools with new license offerWhy Windows 98?Microsoft first struck a similar deal with Indiana University in March and has been flooded with calls from schools asking for a comparable agreement. Under the terms of that contract, IU plans to pay $6 million for Microsoft software and distribute Office,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-31

10 things Linux does better than OS X

Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...

Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen

Blog posts 2008-12-19

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enough

OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good enoughSadly, it falls short of my needsI have a spreadsheet that works beautifully in Excel. It's unbelievably slow for OpenOffice Calc. 12 minutes to open, each drop down takes 2 minutes to register.No scripts, just formulas.RE: OK, now OpenOffice is definitely good...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Microsoft Office, object-oriented, OK now OpenOffice, OO 2.4, OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Open source migration must be evolutionary

Open source migration must be evolutionaryI agreeThe risk and effort involved in a all-in one migration is very high. Open source works great with proprietary software so there is no reason to migrate the server-side all at once. The desktop is a little harder to do.James DixonThis is why FOSS...

Tags: Web browsers, Desktops, open source, migration, Open Source Migration, Microsoft Corp., desktop

Discussion threads 2008-06-06

Does OpenOffice.org fall short?

Does OpenOffice.org fall short?Java Slow?!?No... although OO does have Java hooks, it is not written in Java. EVEN IF IT WAS, Java is no longer a performance dog. We need to debunk that notion once and for all.Yes, poor applications can still be written in Java, but that...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, object-oriented, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Java, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

(Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)

(Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)ImpressiveThat blogs comes absolutely at its time... Just when Microsoft, by launching Office 2007 which shuffles dramatically the user interface, leads its long date users into temporarily productivity loss, we read here a proof that an alternative do exist. Striking...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, KDE, Linux, Mandriva Linux, Mandriva, GNOME, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time

My 10 favorite Windows programs of all timeHow does Windows Photo Gallerycompare to iPhoto. I tried Photo Story, and it is ok, I do not take a lot of pictures, nor do a lot, so this is first time I heard of Windows Photo.My mom uses iPhoto for about fifty...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Web browsers, Google Notebook, Microsoft Windows, favorite Windows program, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Windows Program, FeedDemon

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Free alternatives to commercial software

Free alternatives to commercial softwareFoxit reader as a replacement for Adobewww.foxitsoftware.comAny alternative to Real for Vista 64?Amazon uses Real to preview tracks but I won't install that in Windows. Any alternative?RE: Free alternatives . . .I have a couple . . .ZipGenius - an Excellent Winzip Alternative that handles just...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, CCleaner, Free Alternative, commercial software, software, Audacity, AVG

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

Free alternatives to commercial software

Over then next few weeks I'm bound to get my brain picked to shreds on a near infinite number of tech-related subjects.  One subject that came up extensively over the holiday period last year was what free software was available to replace commercial software.  Last year I was ill-prepared, this...

Tags: Software, Project Manager, Tool, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Management, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2007-11-21