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On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Roland Tarver <roland.tarver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, 10 May 2010 18:43:16 +0100 >> Roland Tarver wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks :-) >>> >>> [OT] You will be pleased to know I handed in the essay which prevented >>> me from attending the meeting yesterday....and guess what.....as soon >>> as I handed it in, we got our next assignment!.... >> >> Haha! I know what that's like from both sides - as a student and as a >> lecturer! :D >> >>> [back on topic]... >>> >>> Part of the new assignment is to create a poster! It _must_ be in >>> electronic form. I will need to print an A3 version of the poster (to >>> be used in a presentation), I will also need to print an identical A4 >>> version of the poster (for submission with a 1500 word critical >>> review). >>> >>> ...and so... >>> >>> Any suggestions for which program is best? >> >> My votes go to, in (my) order of preference: >> 1) OpenOffice.org's Draw >> 2) Inkscape >> 3) Other >> >> In my opinion OOo Draw has the easiest-to-understand interface and can >> produce some outstanding documents... however it doesn't *seem* to have >> the level of features of Inkscape and the like. >> >> Inkscape can do pretty much anything DTP-wise that you chose to throw >> at it... but if you've never used tools like it before you may find >> some of the tools and options a bit confusing (Lord knows, I do!). >> >> As has been mentioned, both can export to PDF easily. >> >>> PS, the printing of the A3 version will be done at a copy shop of some >>> sort, so potential file format incompatibility issues?? >> >> The copyshop should be able to accept/print PDF files. Indeed when I >> spoke to the reprographics dept. at work (I work for a College of FE) >> they said they *prefer* PDF over any other format (proprietary or >> otherwise). >> >> Grant. >> > > What fabulous people :-D > > I post one message, disappear for a bit, return and my problems are solved :-D > hehe. > > To all who commented, thank you very much. OO Draw is already > installed on my ubuntu machine. I have had a quick play about. It does > seem intuitive. I think I will opt for OO Draw for the poster but > explore Inkscape (thanks for the links Jon - book marked ;-)) for > future use. I must be efficient with my time at the moment, so not > having to go through much of a learning curve is good. > > Thanks again. > Best wishes > Roly :-) > Just installed and having a play with inkscape - first impression: Most Impressive!!! :-) roly -- 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