Scribus, a free application to layout our publications

Scribus

Until a few years ago, most of the software for Windows was not free and that meant a higher outlay by computer users or simply engaging in piracy. Currently this has been reduced and there are many programs that offer services to users for free without having to use pirate practices.

The professionals of the layout and publications are the most benefited in this sector, not only by having an alternative program to Microsoft Word but by having an alternative program to QuarkXpress layout software. In this case we are talking about Scribus.

Scribus is a multiplatform program that helps us to layout and create written or online publications. It is an ideal software to create magazines, books, posters, banners, envelopes, etc… For which we will only need the program and our imagination.

Scribus is fully compatible with Windows 10 and we will only need have PostScript installed to be able to use all Scribus features. Although it is not important for its operation. Scribus has a welcome wizard that will help us choose the best format for our publication, as well as use a template that we can find on any website.

The Scribus program has its own file format, in this case .sla, although it is compatible with other publication formats such as the Publisher or QuarkXpress format. And it can also be exported to other formats, although the preferred ones are still the pdf format or the jpg image format.

Scribus we can get it from this website. Its installation is quite easy as it is of the «Next» type. Once we have the program installed, we just have to open it to be able to work with it. Scribus has a Wiki with tutorials and with plugins or extensions that we can use on our team with Scribus.

I personally know and I have used both Scribus and QuarkXpress. Both are very good solutions to their end and oddly enough, there are currently many online magazines that are created with Scribus and you hardly notice the difference. So Scribus may still be a great option or alternative for many developers and users who need this software.


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