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Windows / Re: getting templates
Last post by Nermander - Today at 09:59:31 AM
I think back then it was an inkjet (essentially feeding the paper straight through). But the paper was very bad, it almost fell apart when I put it into the printer.

I resorted to printing on a non-perforated paper and cutting the cards.
#2
Vector graphics and postscript / Re: Spiral Tool (yes, I use it...
Last post by AdmFubar - June 13, 2026, 11:31:23 PM
Have you tried using the spiral tool in inkscape, and then importing that spiral??
#3
Windows / Re: getting templates
Last post by AdmFubar - June 13, 2026, 11:27:15 PM
Quote from: Nermander on June 12, 2026, 03:57:03 PMBut it never worked well because the pre-perforated papers fell apart in the printer.... :)

What kind of printer were you using?
#4
Windows / Re: getting templates
Last post by Nermander - June 12, 2026, 03:57:03 PM
I once tried to use pre-perforated paper for business cards, and I set up the layout from scratch in Scribus (since it is essentially just a matter of placing guides at the right distances).

But it never worked well because the pre-perforated papers fell apart in the printer.... :)
#5
Windows / Re: getting templates
Last post by a.l.e - June 07, 2026, 08:23:35 PM
Here's a workaround:

  • From the Avery site, export the template as a PDF
  • Create a Scribus file with the correct size (as specified for your label sheet...) and the right margins
  • Load the template as a vector in a background layer and make the layer non editable and non printable
  • Use the Column/Row tab in Page > Manage Guides to create the "labels"
  • Enable the snapping to guides
  • Save as a template
  • (Share the template with the community : - )
#6
Windows / getting templates
Last post by sew - June 07, 2026, 07:29:16 PM
I'm new to Scribus so I am not sure whether this is the correct forum.
I am trying to replace InDesign with Scribus.  I use Avery forms for labels.  Avery has downloadable templates for use with their labels. There is no Scribus download option and the InDesign templates don't work.  How can I get appropriate templates?
#7
General Discussion / Re: AI generated SLA file and ...
Last post by PastaShock - June 07, 2026, 07:02:58 PM
I've used AI to generate python scripts to allow me to do quickly do repetitive tasks. You can probably have the AI design a python script to read from a LibreOffice document or text file and place it in a Scribus file.
#8
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus alternate sites, l...
Last post by a.l.e - June 06, 2026, 10:17:33 PM
I had a look at the site through archive.org.

The site has changed at some time in the last couple of years, and now -- as PZL_P11c wrote above -- it tricks you into (trying to) downloading Scribus from a very unusual site.

I will add a notice in the first message in this topic.
#9
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus alternate sites, l...
Last post by antoineb - June 06, 2026, 04:54:45 PM
Hello,
It is an unofficial site that has been occupying the scribus . fr domain for a very long time. Several URLs do not point to the correct files.

And there is even a page that collects donations!

Bonjour,
C'est un site non officiel qui squat le domaine scribus . fr depuis très longtemps.
Exemple de liens :

Il y à même une page qui collecte des dons !

https :// scribus . fr/faire-un-don/
#10
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Create Character Style tha...
Last post by crlMIDI - June 05, 2026, 10:59:27 AM
Quote from: a.l.e on December 08, 2025, 09:12:27 PMIf you need complex styles (hierarchies), I think that working with a template is the best approach
I propose to stay with this thread because it's still quite recent and, though I'm now too old to code, the replies indicate that what I'd like to do would be difficult:

In a series of documents (teaching material), I need to make frequent ajustements to details of text properties, to meet varying situations. It may be useful to be able to save a set of properties I've just optimised, as a style with a name that explains what is different. At present I have to hunt through the document to find a suitable existing frame to copy.

I'm aware that frames can be renamed, but don't know of a function to search frames by name.