Open-Source Desktop Publishing

What is Scribus?

Scribus is an open-source program that brings professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows.Scribus supports professional features, such as CMYK color, spot color, separations, ICC color and robust commercial grade PDF.

Why Page Layout is different from Word Processing

Fundamentally, Scribus is not a word processor. This is a very important concept to understand. Scribus belongs to the family of applications known as page layout programs or more commonly known as Desktop Publishing programs. Scribus gives users great flexibility in placing objects like photos, logos, text frames and shapes in the exact place where you want them. This short guide is meant to give a first time user a sense of what Scribus can do. It is not meant to cover every feature, just a simple over view to get you started and being productive.

New Scribus 1.3.3.10 Released

This stable release adds the following:

• Several fixes and improvements to text frames and the Story Editor.
• New Arabic Translation.
• New Arabic Translation.
• Many improvements to PDF Forms exporting and non-Latin script handling in PDFs.
• Several fixes to protect against possible crashes.
• Improved Color Managed Display in some cases.
• Some fixes to the Scripting plugin.