Difference between revisions of "Modernity and Its Discontents - Scribus"

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Intro to Scribus

Scribus is a cross-platform Open Source desktop publishing program for professional page layout such as combining text and images in preparation for print.

File Management

Save files to local computer (and use a different source for backup)
Create a project folder
Create subfolders for text and graphics and copy/store files to be used in the project into these subfolders

Prepare Your Document Layout

Launch Scribus. To create a new document, go to File > New which opens a New Document window.
From the New Document window make the selections needed for your project, such as:
- Document Layout
- Orientation: Portrait or Landscape
- Number of desired pages
- Width and Height of the pages
- Number of columns, if needed
- Margin guides
When you are finished, click OK to save your selections.

Setting Preferences

Under Scribus, go to Preferences to select settings that may be applied throughout your project.

Margins and Guides

Note the margins of your document - keep your text and artwork within this boundary.
For guides to help with placement and alignment of objects in the document, go to View and click on selections to make them visible.

Adding Text: Using the Properties Box and the Story Editor

Click on the Insert Text Frame icon in the top task bar. On the page, click and drag diagonally to create a frame.
To open the Story Editor: right-click inside the text frame and select Edit Text. Type inside this box and/or Copy and Paste text from other documents.
For more styling options, right-click inside the text frame and select Properties at bottom. Can also use to assign a name to particular sections of text.
To resize the frame, use the black arrow tool and select a corner or side of the bounding box.

Text Flow

Text boxes that are too small to contain all of the text will have a red + box in the lower right corner.
To flow text between multiple text boxes, select the text frames and click on the Link Text Frames icon in the top task bar.

Format Text

Select the text you want to format. (Command A to "Select All" is a useful shortcut here.)
Change your type using the character and paragraph options in the Story Editor and/or text Properties window.

Add an Image

Note: use 72 dpi resolution for web and at least 200 dpi for print

Click on the Insert Image Frame icon in the top task bar. On the page, click and drag diagonally to create a frame.
Click on the frame to select it, right-click inside the frame and click Get Image or double-click to fill the frame.
To fit the image to the frame, go to its Properties window, click on the Image tab and click on Scale to Frame Size

Text Wrap Around an Image

From the image's Properties window, click on the Shape tab bar, and click to select an option beneath Text Flow Around Frame

Additional Resources

Scribus Wiki

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-==Intro to Scribus==
+__NOTOC__
+===Intro to Scribus===
 [http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Scribus] is a cross-platform Open Source desktop publishing program for professional page layout such as combining text and images in preparation for print.
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 #* Margin guides
 #When you are finished, click OK to save your selections.
+===Setting Preferences===
+*Under '''Scribus''', go to '''Preferences''' to select settings that may be applied throughout your project.
 ===Margins and Guides===
-*Note the margins of your document - keep your text and artwork within this boundary
+*Note the margins of your document - keep your text and artwork within this boundary.
-*For guides to help with placement and alignment of objects in the document, go to '''View''' and click on selections to make them visible
+*For guides to help with placement and alignment of objects in the document, go to '''View''' and click on selections to make them visible.
-===Add Text===
+===Adding Text: Using the Properties Box and the Story Editor===
-# Select the '''Text''' tool and drag diagonally to create a frame on your document, start typing.
+# Click on the '''Insert Text Frame''' icon in the top task bar. On the page, click and drag diagonally to create a frame.
-#*You can also '''Copy''' and '''Paste''' text from other applications
+# To open the '''Story Editor''': right-click inside the text frame and select '''Edit Text'''. Type inside this box and/or '''Copy''' and '''Paste''' text from other documents.
-#Using the black arrow tool select a corner of the bounding box to resize
+# For more styling options, right-click inside the text frame and select '''Properties''' at bottom. Can also use to assign a name to particular sections of text.
+# To resize the frame, use the black arrow tool and select a corner or side of the bounding box.
 ====Text Flow====
-You can flow text between multiple text boxes
+# Text boxes that are too small to contain all of the text will have a red + box in the lower right corner.
-#Text boxes that are too small to contain all of the text will have a red + box in the lower right corner
+# To flow text between multiple text boxes, select the text frames and click on the '''Link Text Frames''' icon in the top task bar.
-#Click this box and the cursor changes to the "Text Loaded" cursor
-#Click anywhere on your document and a new text box will be created flowing text from the previous text box
-#Use Guides and your Margins to snap text boxes into alignment
 ====Format Text====
-#Select the text you want to format ('''Command A''' to Select All is a useful shortcut here)
+# Select the text you want to format. ('''Command A''' to "Select All" is a useful shortcut here.)
-#Change your type using the character and paragraph options in the top property bar
+# Change your type using the character and paragraph options in the Story Editor and/or text Properties window.
 ===Add an Image===
-#Create a Frame as a placeholder for your image. Make sure it is selected
+Note: use 72 dpi resolution for web and at least 200 dpi for print
-#Go '''File > Place'''
+# Click on the '''Insert Image Frame''' icon in the top task bar. On the page, click and drag diagonally to create a frame.
-#Locate the image on your local hard drive that you want to place and click '''Open'''
+# Click on the frame to select it, right-click inside the frame and click '''Get Image''' or double-click to fill the frame.
-#The image will fill the frame but if it's too big portions may be cropped.
+# To fit the image to the frame, go to its Properties window, click on the '''Image''' tab and click on '''Scale to Frame Size'''
-#To fit the image to the frame, right click on the fram and choose '''Fitting''' and choose the appropriate way to fir your content
-====If you did not use a frame for your image...====
+===Text Wrap Around an Image===
-#Your cursor changes to the "Image Loaded" cursor. Click your cursor where you'd like the image placed.
+# From the image's Properties window, click on the '''Shape''' tab bar, and click to select an option beneath '''Text Flow Around Frame'''
-#To resize your image hold down the '''Command''' AND '''Shift''' key then grab a corner of the bounding box and drag to resize.
-#*Note what happens if you forget to hold down these keys...
-===Text wrap around an image===
+===Additional Resources===
-#Select the image and from the top properties bar choose the text wrap option you'd  like
+[http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus Scribus Wiki]
-#Move a text box near/over and image to see the text wrap around the object
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