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Scribus is an Open Source program that brings professional page layout to Linux, BSD UNIX, Solaris, OpenIndiana, GNU/Hurd, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4, eComStation, Haiku and Windows desktops with a combination of press-ready output and new approaches to page design.

Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as color separations, CMYK and spot colors, ICC color management, and versatile PDF creation.

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Move objects on multiple layers within the page

Coming from a CAD background moving objects that are placed on different layers at the same time is this is something that is quite common, and it bugs me that Scribus cannot do it natively, or at least I haven't found a way it can.

The best thing that I have found is shift_objects.py, but that scripts, by some strange choice, can only move objects left or right.

I have adjusted that script so that objects can be moved in X or Y.

It works well enough for me, but like in the original script, any object that is grouped will be moved by the amount of objects that are in the group.

Here is the script for anybody that might need it.

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-

# ****************************************************************************
#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 
#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
#  (at your option) any later version.
#
#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#  GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
# 
# ****************************************************************************

"""
Based on © 2012 by Gregory Pittman  shift_objects.py
USAGE
Select a page where you need to shift all objects, run script.
The first dialog asks how much to shift, using a distance of 40 points
as the default, but modified to your units.
The second dialog asks whether to shift objects in X or Y.
PLEASE NOTE that any object that is grouped will be moved by the amount of elements in the group
"""

try:
    import scribus
except ImportError:
    print "Unable to import the 'scribus' module. This script will only run within"
    print "the Python interpreter embedded in Scribus. Try Script->Execute Script."
    sys.exit(1)

if not scribus.haveDoc():
    scribus.messageBox('Scribus - Script Error', "No document open", scribus.ICON_WARNING, scribus.BUTTON_OK)
    sys.exit(1)

pageitems = scribus.getAllObjects()
scribus.setRedraw(False)
units = scribus.getUnit()
if units == 0:
    shift = 10
elif units == 1:
    shift = 10   # millimeters = points/2.8346
elif units == 2:
    shift = 10   # inches = points/72.0

shiftamount = scribus.valueDialog('Amount of shift?','Enter the amount to shift Negative numbers are allowed',str(shift))
shiftamount = float(shiftamount)
shiftamountx = float(0)
shiftamounty = float(0)

shiftdir = scribus.valueDialog('Direction to shift?','Which direction to shift...\n X or Y','X')
if ((shiftdir == 'X') or (shiftdir == 'x')):
    shiftamountx = shiftamount
    shiftamounty = 0
if ((shiftdir == 'Y') or (shiftdir == 'y')):
    shiftamounty = shiftamount
    shiftamountx = 0	

for item in pageitems:
    scribus.moveObject(shiftamountx, shiftamounty, item)

scribus.setRedraw(True)

0 Comments
2024/03/29
11:06 UTC

1

Align shape around circle

Hi all,

Scribus 1.6.1 on Windows and Fedora 39.

I am stucked with this idea I can't figure out how to do it.

I'd like to create something similar with shapes:

https://preview.redd.it/knd66l4i8wqc1.png?width=586&format=png&auto=webp&s=b81e4fa3313409e05f74a6e9ca4ad7659a4d2261

Or:

https://preview.redd.it/jwydf2lv7wqc1.png?width=468&format=png&auto=webp&s=0e9ba0fb181ce805bb741787a22d439cd2035753

Or even simpler:

https://preview.redd.it/8gmrz8ux7wqc1.png?width=319&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e0d9bfe52080e6479af7098b9a46d750aff9679

I can't find neither imagine a keyword to search or a method to precisely align the shapes in Scribus.

Can you share a tutorial or something please?

Moreover, how can I create a shape / item / whatever in Scribus so that upon inserting the number of surrounding predefined shapes is going to automatically generate the final shape?
Something similar like the polygon tool from the Insert menu ...

Thanks for your help!

3 Comments
2024/03/27
15:17 UTC

1

Questions on reducing final PDF file.

Hello,

I need to reduce the size of the exported PDF. The document is made 95% of full page images at 600dpi. Which may be better, reduce the individual images to 300dpi and rebuild the project or use the build-in compression when exporting the PDF ? Thank you.

* UPDATE:

I found another solution. Instead of reducing each image, I took the very large PDF file and ran this command of Ghostscript to reduce file size, so far no visible lost of quality in the images, the command line is from David Revoy's blog.

gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFX -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 -sOutputFile=output.pdf -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -c ".setpdfwrite << /ColorACSImageDict << /VSamples [ 1 1 1 1 ] /HSamples [ 1 1 1 1 ] /QFactor 0.13 /Blend 1 >> /ColorImageDownsampleType /Bicubic /ColorConversionStrategy /LeaveColorUnchanged >> setdistillerparams" -f input.pdfgs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dPDFX -dCompatibilityLevel=1.3 
-sOutputFile=output.pdf -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite 
-dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -c ".setpdfwrite << /ColorACSImageDict 
<< /VSamples [ 1 1 1 1 ] /HSamples [ 1 1 1 1 ] /QFactor 0.13 
/Blend 1 >> /ColorImageDownsampleType /Bicubic 
/ColorConversionStrategy /LeaveColorUnchanged >> 
setdistillerparams" -f input.pdf
6 Comments
2024/03/24
21:52 UTC

2

New to scribus- HELP! so frustrating compared to InDeisgn which I'm used to.

How do I adjust leading???!! It's adding extra space after each line like MS Word does and it's driving me nuts. I searched here and couldn't find anything and also YouTube which isn't helping. I'm trying to make a small thank you card and space is a premium I don't have.

8 Comments
2024/03/23
15:21 UTC

4 Comments
2024/03/19
15:30 UTC

2

toolbar icons invisible (first time user)

hello, sorry if this is a noob question because i've just started using the software, but all the toolbar options are invisible to me. if i scroll over them the icon boxes get highlighted but otherwise it's just a grey bar. i tried changing the theme like someone suggested, also rebooted my system, neither worked. suggestions welcome!

1 Comment
2024/03/11
10:51 UTC

1

Scribus to PDF to eBook?

Has anyone had any luck using Scribus as a starting point to create a complex (images and text) to an eBook and if so, could I ask what was your method?

4 Comments
2024/03/04
01:47 UTC

1

Making PDFs Question

Hello, any help with this question would be greatly appreciated. When creating a PDF, if you select "Printer" under "output selected for" in the "Color" tab, will it convert the graphics to a color profile of CMYK?

2 Comments
2024/03/02
16:41 UTC

1

Getting error messages all of a sudden

I make raffle tickets with random sets of numbers, which I created using a CSV files. The script has been working great and suddenly I'm seeing a script error:

raceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 11, in <module> File "<string>", line 21, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Tkinter'

I'm led to understand that it has to do with a Python upgrade and some of the commands have been changed. Is there a way to downgrade to Python 2 to get it working at least until the script has been updated?

Thanks.

0 Comments
2024/02/27
23:28 UTC

1

After I Compress an Editable PDF, It's No Longer Editable

So I created a pretty simple document with some editable text fields a user could add some text and print. Works fine until I compress it - after which the text fields are no longer editable.

The file is rather large, 186k so I'd really like to reduce it. Any ideas on how to do this?

9 Comments
2024/02/17
21:02 UTC

1

Help importing a Newsletter design from InDesign

Trying to help a Secretary of a fraternal organization get away from having to pay for InDesign. I've exported the indd file to imdl, but opening that in Scribus just results in it crashing.

I've tried exporting the newsletter as a pdf, then importing to Scribus as vector, which looks fine, but how do I make the text items edit-able again?

5 Comments
2024/02/03
21:41 UTC

1

Creating PDF forms

Has anyone successfully created a fillable PDF with scribus? I’ve spent the last two days working on what should be a 20 project at worse.

The problem I’m having is related to the PDF field properties. The properties seem to have absolutely no effect.

As an example I’ve set limit of characters, formatted as Number and set a validation range but when I go to test the PDF basically any input is accepted.

Using ver 1.6.1 on Mac.

Would appreciate any experience or ideas on this.

Thanks

1 Comment
2024/02/02
02:41 UTC

5

Newspaper/magazine/newsletter workflow question

I'm likely missing something obvious, but I'm having difficulty in newer versions of Scribus figuring out a good workflow for getting copy from one of the many input formats into a set of predefined style sheets within a Scribus layout.

Imagine you're a newspaper editor. Writers are submitting articles to you, and you need to edit them in a text editor or word processor, export them to one of the formats Scribus will accept, and put them on your newspaper pages in a Scribus layout using the series of stylesheets defined in your newspaper layout that will apply to every story — body copy (with a couple of variations), bylines, photo credits and captions, probably two or three headline and subhead styles, etc.

The challenge I'm having is getting the imported text to automatically adapt to the stylesheets defined in the Scribus document. So, suppose your input format is HTML. The editor wants anything in <p></p> tags to be in Default Paragraph Style or HTML_p or whatever.

The default behavior in newer versions of Scribus seems to be to create a completely new set of style sheets for every single document you important into a text frame. I know there's a check box to stop that in the "import text" window. But it still feels like it's not consistently giving me a set of sensible style sheets that universally apply in this kind of normal publication workflow.

Am I missing something obvious?

7 Comments
2024/01/31
21:33 UTC

4

having trouble with scribus can anyone relate to the problem?

I recently came across a video tutorial labeled "How to Format Your Book With Scribus" and was trying to locate the two-sided page option in the software. However, to my surprise, I couldn't seem to find it. After some searching, I realized that the version of Scribus used in the tutorial was 1.4.8, while I had downloaded version 1.6.1 to my computer. I wondered if the two-sided page option had been renamed in the newer version of the software. Upon further investigation, I found that the option I was looking for was now referred to as "facing pages." well I think so? after all the symbol is the same thing!.

23 Comments
2024/01/28
10:04 UTC

4

Is scribus good for a small photography zine? and is it compatible with mixam (if anyone has ever used that service)

Hi there, I'm looking to make a small, A5 32 page photography zine (and an art one in future of the same size).

From what I've seen Scribus has an A5 Base by default which is a good thing (some other free zine/PDF tools I've used only allow A4)

However I'm completely new to it so some stuff like adding text and placing things exactly in center, or changing the background colour have thrown me off a bit.

I've only got a little experience with inDesign in the past but I've been working to use relatively the same techniques (eg changing page colour through adding an image box).

My main concern is the placements of frames/ ensuring things are perfectly centered on said page. Would you recommend it for something that's about 95% photo based with a little text here & there?

And if you've also used it alongside mixamprint, is it possible to export it as a PDF / would exporting pages as images reduce the quality?

8 Comments
2024/01/25
15:09 UTC

16

Scribus 1.6.1 has been released!

A new hotfix version is available after 1.6.0 release.

See changelog here:

  • Fixes to text wrapping, primarily evident on later versions of mac OS (13/14)
  • Fixes to hyphenation
  • Update to tell Windows installer to not reboot on installation of the Visual C++ Redistributable package
  • Update DublinCore input fields for Document Information tagging
  • Clarification of specific PDF/X export versions
  • Some scripter improvements
  • Update to poppler 24.01 in our builds.

Source: https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6.1_Release

1 Comment
2024/01/09
10:52 UTC

5

Words getting separated/spliced - please help!

Hello! I’m re learning how to use Scribus and really enjoy the program but I’m struggling with one issue.

https://preview.redd.it/z2wcs23fa9ac1.jpg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b1d43997c027fd9439754ad17ce310c6903f8d4

My text keeps getting cut off and words are being separated into separate lines in my text frame. Notice in my image attachment, the first line SHOULD read "The ocean..." etc etc. but gets cut off before it even finishes the second word. WHY???

Why is this and how can I change it so that the words don’t get hyphenated or cut off in any way? I used to know how to make this an automatic setting but can't seem to remember how I did it before. (I haven't used this program in a while, and as I understand it's been updated recently)

Thanks!

9 Comments
2024/01/03
16:59 UTC

32

Scribus 1.6.0 has been released!

Since January 1st, 2024 Scribus is officially available in next stable version 1.6.0.

https://www.scribus.net/downloads/

Scribus - 1.6.0 (Released 2024-01-01)

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0015380: [Language Tools] Can´t paste Spanish content (cbradney)

0011810: [Story Editor / Text Frames] center alignment unprecise in circles (cbradney)

0015447: [Internal] [patch] remove a specific disabled broken code or document what it should do (cbradney)

0013928: [Usability] Y coordinate not updated in popup window (cbradney)

0015980: [Build System] [PATCH] clean up the cmake files (cbradney)

0010106: [User Interface] Create a command launcher (ale)

0017036: [Story Editor / Text Frames] inline items produce a box at the start of the frame (jghali)

0017045: [Story Editor / Text Frames] Incorrect layout of inline items if vertical scale is different of 100% (jghali)

0017050: [User Interface] Snapping doesn't work when scaling frames (ale)

0017056: [Canvas] Page margin rect inherits drop shadow properties of line item (jghali)

0017058: [User Interface] ICC profile comboboxes too short (jghali)

0017065: [Translation] Wrong polish translation of orphan in edit->styles (cbradney)

0017075: [Graphics / Image Frames] Adding a specific .psd file makes itself and the other frames invisible (jghali)

0017079: [Scripter] PATCH: scripter: create setRotation(), deprecate rotateObjectAbs() and add a way to use a specific basepoint (cbradney)

0017081: [User Interface] arrange pages still has 3 and 4 pages layouts (cbradney)

0017083: [Canvas] Changing the line blend mode has no effect on the canvas (nitramr)

0017086: [User Interface] Add context menu to the "Arrange Pages > Document Pages" Panel (cbradney)

0017087: [User Interface] Spiral Edit Dialog doesn't allow angle greater than 360° (jghali)

0017088: [General] When saving the document, arrows attached to spiral shapes are not saved (jghali)

0016333: [Scripter] scribus_version and scribus_version_info should be uppercase (cbradney)

0012499: [Build System] [Proposal] Display versions of all libs used by Scribus (cbradney)

0016865: [General] Tooltips show no text (cbradney)

0014056: [User Interface] Drag/Drop of ODT to text frame should trigger the OpenDocument Importer menu (cbradney)

0015110: [Scrapbook] White objects are invisible in scrapbook (nitramr)

0016987: [Printing] Page prints incorrectly on Windows when using layer blend modes (jghali)

0017017: [Styles] Sort the styles list in style deletion dialog (jghali)

0017019: [Typography] Hyphenation exceptions delete themselves (jghali)

0017020: [General] crash when starting the "insert > glyph" dialog (jghali)

0017021: [General] for loop defect (ale)

0017029: [Scripter] [PATCH] scripter: accessing page > guides > columns/rows (cbradney)

0017031: [Story Editor / Text Frames] Incorrect rendering of rotated inline items (jghali)

0017033: [Story Editor / Text Frames] Copying a frame does not activate paste when editing inside of a frame (ale)

0017037: [Language Tools] File for Dutch hyphenation patterns gives bad results. (cbradney)

0017039: [General] Crash on startup if file recovery fails (jghali)

0016294: [Scripter] [PATCH] add setNormalMode() (and setEditMode()) to the scripter (ale)

0016957: [Graphics / Image Frames] Export to PDF ignores coloring effect on grayscale PNG (jghali)

0016966: [User Interface] About box: Some names formatted improperly in Authors tab (jghali)

0016967: [Build System] Build error caused by removed 'std::unary_function' template in C++17 mode (jghali)

0016968: [Build System] Build error caused by conversion between void pointer and function pointer (jghali)

0016970: [User Interface] About box: table tags not closed (jghali)

0016971: [User Interface] About box: Some text issues in Translations tab (jghali)

0016972: [General] Search & Replace 'Replace All' hangs Scribus when searching for text color (jghali)

0016975: [Build System] Build failure on newer macOS versions than were available when Scribus was released (cbradney)

0016981: [Translation] Translation problems in story editor when changing language from settings (jghali)

0016983: [Printing] Text underline and outline are not printed on Windows (jghali)

0016991: [OS-MacOSX] NSHighResolutionCapable should be a Boolean (jghali)

0016998: [General] Scribus slow and unusable on Wayland (jghali)

0017000: [User Interface] Document Items Attributes in Document Setup/Preferences (cbradney)

0017002: [Internal] Rename ui/cpalette.* to ui/colorpalette.* (jghali)

0017005: [Integration] CI fails because of podofo (jghali)

0017007: [Story Editor / Text Frames] Bad inline object vertical alignement in PDF export (jghali)

0017010: [Build System] CI on Gitlab is failing on podofo (cbradney)

0016948: [General] Scribus does not build with podofo-0.10.0 (jghali)

0016703: [Internal] Internal page links not updated on page copy (jghali)

0014139: [Usability] Default button for preferences should be "Ok" (cbradney)

0016734: [PDF] Build break with poppler 22.2.0 (jghali)

0016737: [Story Editor / Text Frames] Hyphenation stop being applied after conditional hyphen (jghali)

0016743: [Master Pages] Crash when clicking on specific text frame in master page (jghali)

0016754: [User Interface] Keyboard shortcuts always load "iCalamusTM" and modifications cannot be saved. (cbradney)

0016758: [Translation] Norwegian nynorsk invalid file (jghali)

0016759: [Master Pages] Arrange Pages> Document Pages> mini-pages are almost unreadable on hi-res display (jghali)

0016760: [Translation] Spelling error in French translation (jghali)

0016764: [PDF] Build break with poppler 22.03.0 (jghali)

0016767: [PDF] Dashed lines imported from PDF have incorrect segment lengths (jghali)

0016772: [General] Fix various typos (jghali)

0016785: [Graphics / Image Frames] "Show readable text" Option for QR Code on "Insert Barcode" Window should be grey out (cbradney)

0016786: [Graphics / Image Frames] QR code generated by "Insert Barcode" could not show CJK characters correctly (jghali)

0016790: [Documentation] Fix various typos (jghali)

0016796: [Graphics / Image Frames] Issue when opening TIFF file with incorrect embedded ICC profile (jghali)

0016798: [Scripter] importPage() argument usage documentation (jghali)

0016801: [Scripter] linkTextFrames() documentation vs GUI (jghali)

0016808: [User Interface] Scrapbook dialog dropdown menu has unintuitive icon (jghali)

0016809: [Scripter] Scripter crashes with getAllObjects() on a master page (jghali)

0016098: [Typography] A white space width become too small when two Latin words are surrounded by CJK characters in a justified paragraph (jghali)

0016897: [Scripter] Documentation of selectObject() lacks precision (jghali)

0016899: [Build System] No Document Icon is installed on Linux (jghali)

0016902: [Import / Export] Cannot export - save as image when active layer is locked. (jghali)

0016906: [General] Import of Adobe Color Book palettes doesn't work (jghali)

0016907: [Usability] Unremovable or invisible tabulators on the ruler (jghali)

0016920: [User Interface] Cyrillic in Render Frame Editor English GUI (jghali)

0016923: [Typography] OpenType c2sc not practically usable (jghali)

0016930: [General] Scrbus fails to build since code cleanup in r25414 (jghali)

0016945: [Printing] Transparent image sitting above blue frame causes color change on frame where they overlap (jghali)

0014402: [User Interface] Folder icons are missing in file dialogues (cbradney)

0015753: [OS-MacOSX] icons and palette entries are invisible under the dark theme of macOS (cbradney)

0016276: [General] barcode doesn't show readable text (cbradney)

0016802: [User Interface] Issues with "gtk2" application setting in AppImages (jghali)

0016811: [Import / Export] Some issues with PDF import (jghali)

0016821: [Shape Drawing] Scribus crash if you delete a symbol during in "symbol edit mode". (jghali)

0016824: [PDF] Drop shadow of very large shapes shows up wrong in exported PDF (jghali)

0016826: [User Interface] F12 shortcut does not affect Align and Distribute palette (jghali)

0016827: [Canvas] Some objects from left masterpage are not rendered (jghali)

0016830: [Build System] Typo in Findpoppler.cmake? (cbradney)

0016834: [Documentation] Readme file has dead link to Ghostscript (cbradney)

0016841: [Usability] Scribus silently upgrades your file to the new format (cbradney)

0016843: [PDF] Open path with stroke gradient SVG results in closed path in PDF (jghali)

0016847: [PDF] PDFs with layers do not allow layer exclusion when printing on Mac and Windows using Adobe Reader or FoxIt PDF Reader (jghali)

0016852: [General] Moving cursor with down arrow jump to end of next frame (jghali)

0016867: [Usability] If a right to left paragraph follows a left to right paragraph, one of the paragraphs will not work properly (jghali)

0016873: [Story Editor / Text Frames] "Permanently replace missing font" isnt permanent (jghali)

0016874: [Import / Export] CVG-import faulty (cbradney)

0016877: [Build System] NetBSD: link against libexecinfo for backtrace_symbols (jghali)

0016878: [User Interface] File selection dialog box always reverts to small size (reopen) (jghali)

0016879: [User Interface] Pixelated display in Enhanced Character Palette (jghali)

0016881: [User Interface] Section Default Numbering (jghali)

0016882: [User Interface] Scribus first start with tiny window (jghali)

0016885: [Scripter] Pdf export by python scripter embeds fonts which should be subsetted (jghali)

0016889: [Import / Export] Inline image disappears when two sla containing ones are merged (jghali)

0016890: [User Interface] Colors and Fills dialog too narrow (jghali)

0016894: [User Interface] PageItem Attribute dialog too small by default (jghali)

0016901: [Scripter] Provide the information about the page number being "shown" (cbradney)

9 Comments
2024/01/01
16:46 UTC

1

How to systematically replace thin spaces with normal spaces?

Hi - am changing the layout of a book, and previous de-widowing and de-orphaning needs undone. Font size resets are straightforward, but is there a way to reset thin spaces to normal spaces, in bulk? I'm open to editing the .sla file in a text editor if I have to go that far. Thanks.

4 Comments
2023/12/27
06:01 UTC

2

I need help with 'writing system' in Scribus.

In the 'Settings' tab of Story Editor, there is an option of Display Font. After clicking on the Display Font, there is an option of Writing System. It allows me to select Devanagari and renders text correctly. But updating the text frame does not provide with the desired result. Can this writing system be changed to default in the preferences? Please help.

3 Comments
2023/12/25
06:20 UTC

3

what are the best fonts on scribus to create a newspaper title?

ex. something very vintage-y looking or new york times ish, thanks!

8 Comments
2023/12/15
05:07 UTC

3

Problem with coordinates of frames: y-position is indicated across pages instead of for each page?

Hello dear crowd,

I hope, you may help me. I've got a problem with the indication of the y-position of frames.

As it seems, the y-coordinates are "counting" across the different pages of my document, so that, for example, on page five of my A4-document, the y-position is already indicated at above 100 cm.

The problem does only arise in this document, others are fine. The error thus has to have something to do with the preferences of the document - but I don't know, which it could be. Unfortunately, I don't find any solution for this problem on the official support website.

Has this problem occured to someone else? Do you know if or where preferences for the indication of the coordinates for one or across several pages may be set? Or else - do you have an idea about what could be the source of the problem?

For explanation, here is a screenshot (speech is set in German, but I don't think that's a problem):

https://preview.redd.it/spev4f98826c1.jpg?width=878&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1796837bfb843c3bbe5835f3cbf81df8e5d445ed

Thank you for your help!

4 Comments
2023/12/13
13:02 UTC

9

Is Scribus the right tool for a personal cookbook?

My wife wants to put together a family cookbook. Knowing her, it'll likely be over 50 recipes, because she'll want dishes that she's never cooked, but enjoyed when a family member cooked it.

She wants to be able to have several recipes per page, if they'll fit well. Each recipe will have 2 columns for ingredients, above the instructions (paragraph style, not numbered steps).

She wants the data entry to be simple.

I used Scribus decades ago to do a trifold pamphlet, and that's about all of my experience with desktop publishing.

My first thought was to have her save the recipes as plaintext and I'd write something to produce a .troff file, or maybe .tex or even docbook. But I don't know if Scribus has some kind of "mail merge" type feature that would be convenient. I'm trying to avoid doing manual layout page by page, although that is a viable last resort.

She intends to send this to a local printer for printing (our ink jet doesn't do double sided) and spiral binding.

20 Comments
2023/12/08
17:43 UTC

12

Made in Scribus: "Noir" - Artist Book by SU4IP

Hi all! I just wanted to share with you my most recent publication, "Noir" - Artist Book by SU4IP. This is my fourth official publication using Scribus. I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback! I have a flick-through video link on my website: https://su4ip.cargo.site/publications

Front Cover

Page 42/43

Page 72/74

Page 58/59

Page 50/51 (Plus the beautiful Sheffield Winter Skyline)

5 Comments
2023/12/07
17:14 UTC

1

Fine rotation of print

Greetings everybody,

I am a scribus noob so apologies if I'm missing the obvious here.

I am trying to print a page on a cardstock die-cut perforated paper. I have created the template to reflect the different perforated areas, but it turns out that the die cut template has about 0.4mm offset from being perfectly square with the page.

I've contacted the paper manufacturer, and was told that this is an acceptable tolerance in the industry and that I should adjust my print settings to compensate. So I need to rotate the print by less than 1 degree to align the print with the perforations.

I looked in the manual and couldn't find, perhaps I'm using the wrong term but all I found was articles regarding landscape orientation.

How can I achieve my goal?

Thanks in advance and have an amazing weekend, and an even better Xmas!

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17:25 UTC

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2023/11/28
20:30 UTC

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A doubt

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2023/11/24
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Need Help From Someone To Walk Me Through Creating A Book

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How do I do running page numbers? Etc.

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2023/11/23
06:06 UTC

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