Desktop publishing basic help needed

[MartinP]

Had a quick Google . . .

link to tutorials

EDIT: It appears that there is a native version available for Mac since Scribus 1.3.3.7, so it might be worth checking your version number and/or going direct to the Scribus site for the download.

 

[JoeFriday]

Ray is correct... I did the Book 2 layout in QuarkXPress.. I have extensive experience in both Quark and InDesign and can say that both are excellent programs.. Quark being the better of the two, slightly

comments of Quark being all but abandoned by the design industry are similar to reports of Mark Twain's death being exaggerated.. there is still a huge contingency of Quark users who understand how easier/quicker it is to work in that program, and value the color accuracy it provides.. something that InDesign hasn't completely mastered yet, particularly when porting to PDF documents (which is ironic, since Adobe owns both InDesign and Acrobat)

I think it's pretty clear that I strongly prefer Quark.. however, I'm forced to use InDesign at work, and it is a very good program.. but most users of InDesign are not people who have 'abandoned' Quark, but are actually new to the design industry and have never used anything but InDesign.. basically, they don't know what they're missing

that being said.. yes, Quark's user base is eroding, mostly because of the value that Creative Suite offers.. they practically throw in a layout program for free when you buy Photoshop and Illustrator (two 'must have' programs for any graphic artist)

but the bottom line is, both are very capable programs with all the features you could use.. and generally both are pretty expensive.. if you can get a hold of either one, they are worth the time and effort to learn

I worked on the last RFF book, and Brett (JoeFriday) picked up the layout duties. We sourced the previous/first RFF book from GeneW, and I believe the source was done with InDesign or Pagemaker. IIRC, Brett works professionally with QuarkXpress. He may have ported the doc to QuarkX, I forget (Brett?), but I think InDesign is becoming the applicatin of choice for this kind of layout. Anyway, InDesign, QuarkX, Pagemaker, and maybe even FrameMaker would work.

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