Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide.

Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide.

3. Mastering Pages; Navigating in the document; Time for action - let's surf into the document; What just happened?; The Arrange Pages window; Adding and deleting pages; Adding pages one by one; Time for action - a new page after the cover; What just happened?; Adding several pages at once; Tim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gemy, Cedric
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2010.
Subjects:
Desktop publishing.
Open source software.
desktop publishing.
Desktop publishing
Open source software
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Scribus 1.3.5; Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who this book is for; Conventions; Time for action
  • heading; What just happened?; Pop quiz
  • heading; Have a go hero
  • heading; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Getting Started with Scribus; Desktop publishing software versus text processors; The graphic workflow.
  • Understanding the workspaceTime for action
  • using the main status bar options; What just happened?; The toolbar; Properties Palette: The main place; Layout and story editor; Software and per-document preferences; Time for action
  • how Scribus applies changes; What just happened?; Working comfortably in Scribus; Zooming; Panning; Changing values in fields; Customizing Scribus a bit; Changing the toolbars; Document handling; Default document setting; Default tool settings / zoom factor; External tools; To InDesign and Xpress users; Summary; 2. Creating a First Layout; Creating a new layout.
  • Time for action
  • setting page size and paper size and marginsWhat just happened?; Choosing a layout; Save the document as often as possible; Basic frames for text and images; Time for action
  • adding the logo; What just happened?; Time for action
  • adding the text; What just happened?; Time for action
  • adding and setting the color of a shape; What just happened?; Changing the stack of objects; Moving objects and exact positioning; Placing with snapping options; Setting the coordinates; Time for action
  • use X and Y properties; What just happened?; Basic text properties.
  • Time for action
  • formatting textWhat just happened?; Resizing objects; Resizing with the mouse; Resizing with the Properties Palette; Resizing with the keyboard; Have a go hero
  • vector circle style; Scaling objects; Time for action
  • scaling the name of our company; What just happened?; Rotating objects; Time for action
  • the quick method for rotating an object; What just happened?; Have a go hero
  • Eco power of rotation; Aligning objects; Time for action
  • aligning an object on another; What just happened?; Locking objects to prevent errors; Grouping objects; Mirroring objects; Pop quiz.

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