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On Wednesday 17 June 2009 11:52, Rob Beard wrote: > Viv wrote: > > When I worked at the DCC for a while, I had to use Publisher (I think it > > was version 2003). This is all that the admin staff seem to have for > > doing pre-production DTP work. Staff who have to design their own > > posters, newsletters and other publications have to use this and then > > email the files to the publishing / printing arm of the DCC for > > production. > > > > Having just started using Scribus, I would say this is much easier / > > quicker once you get used to it. > > > > Viv > > Yup, Scribus is pretty good, especially consdiering it's free. I prefer > OpenOffice Draw myself but I have done a few bits and pieces in Scribus > and Inkscape too. > > Just think too, if DCC standardised on Scribus for any new documents > (and convert any old Publisher documents to PDF) they would save a whole > load of money on licences (although knowing Microsoft I bet the cost of > licenses would be something cheap say £10 a license and they would argue > the savings wouldn't be much consdiering the time and effort to convert > hundreds and maybe thousands of Publisher files to PDF). <gets on high my little pony> If they've got any sense they'll use Kompozer for documents and put them online! The printing arm can do any conversion to archaic paper formats should the need still arise </pony> As for Scribus etc - I'm looking for an SVG editor written in SVG/Javascript. I used to be a Microchip designer and find all modern draw packages seriously over egged and not in the least intuitive! Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html