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Scribus => General Discussion => Topic started by: OldOne on February 24, 2011, 04:54:46 PM

Title: Books
Post by: OldOne on February 24, 2011, 04:54:46 PM
I'm just curious if there are books other than the official Manual that are good sources of information for beginners.
Title: Re: Books
Post by: Meho R. on February 24, 2011, 05:36:31 PM
I guess Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide, published by Packt Publishing, might be one of them:
https://www.packtpub.com/scribus-1-3-5-beginners-guide/book
Title: Re: Books
Post by: Admin on February 24, 2011, 06:27:25 PM
Quote from: mehor on February 24, 2011, 05:36:31 PM
I guess Scribus 1.3.5 Beginner's Guide, published by Packt Publishing, might be one of them:
https://www.packtpub.com/scribus-1-3-5-beginners-guide/book

At least two (gpittman (http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus_1.3.5_Beginner%27s_Guide_a_review) and malex (http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus_1.3.5_Beginner%27s_Guide_a_review_by_malex)) reviews from the community have been done as well.
Title: Re: Books
Post by: maniac on March 07, 2011, 08:59:20 AM
Thank you, I too was looking for this info.

Also, thank you for creating this forum, it is great for those of us who, like myself, prefer forums for their convenience to mailing lists!

Off-topic question: Is Scribus still looking for German translators or are you covered already for that language?
Title: Re: Books
Post by: Admin on March 09, 2011, 07:01:49 PM
Quote from: maniac on March 07, 2011, 08:59:20 AM
Thank you, I too was looking for this info.

Also, thank you for creating this forum, it is great for those of us who, like myself, prefer forums for their convenience to mailing lists!

Off-topic question: Is Scribus still looking for German translators or are you covered already for that language?

You would do well to contact the current listed German translator to find that out.
Title: Re: Books
Post by: youngros on March 12, 2011, 06:02:39 PM
I downloaded the code for this book from Packt Publishing, but when I try and open their files I get a fatal error that it is not an acceptable format? Anyone else managed to download and use them? Thanks
Title: Re: Books
Post by: John_Jason_Jordan on March 12, 2011, 06:10:04 PM
Quote from: youngros on March 12, 2011, 06:02:39 PM
I downloaded the code for this book from Packt Publishing, but when I try and open their files I get a fatal error that it is not an acceptable format? Anyone else managed to download and use them? Thanks

You need an e-book reader. On Linux I use calibre. I don't know what e-book readers might be available for other operating systems.

An alternative is to download the PDF version of the book. The e-book format has advantages because your e-book reader allows you to do things like highlighting, making notes, bookmarks, and other things that you can do with a paper book.
Title: Re: Books
Post by: youngros on March 12, 2011, 06:40:03 PM
No problem reading the book, it is opening the downloaded code to use with the book. They are supposedly .sla files but won't open. I'm on Windows7 and using 1.3.3.14
Title: Re: Books
Post by: Meho R. on March 12, 2011, 07:33:14 PM
Quote from: youngros on March 12, 2011, 06:40:03 PM
No problem reading the book, it is opening the downloaded code to use with the book. They are supposedly .sla files but won't open. I'm on Windows7 and using 1.3.3.14
The book is created with development 1.3.5 version of Scribus and I expect so are the files that come with the book, which means that you'll need Scribus version 1.3.5 or higher to open those files. Try with version 1.4.0.rc2 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/1.4.0.rc2/), should work nicely.
Title: Re: Books
Post by: Dankstar on July 09, 2011, 01:16:23 AM
I just bought the Beginners Guide and it's a very busy and interesting book.  The last time I did DTP was back in the early 90's using the then excellent Pagestream on the Amiga.  I am pleased and surprised to see that Scribus feels very familiar to me and I am not having much trouble getting nice results.  I am about to embark on some work producing some documentation so it will be an interesting exercise using Scribus, GIMP and Inkscape to try and produce a high quality technical document.
Title: Re: Books
Post by: aa_gangchen on August 05, 2011, 06:00:54 AM
Check this one out:
http://www.amazon.com/Scribus-Software-Create-Professional-Presentations/dp/0984374159/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312516811&sr=1-2
Title: Re: Books
Post by: a.l.e on August 05, 2011, 03:57:26 PM
chen & chen's book: the first time i've seen a book whose title is longer than the amazon url...

Title: Re: Books
Post by: utnik on August 06, 2011, 09:53:36 PM
under http://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,176.0.html (http://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,176.0.html) you will find something about chen, his book and his understanding of scribus...

utnik