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It takes a while to actually start using Scribus. Since its humble beginning in the spring of 2001, Scribus has evolved into one of the premier Open Source desktop applications. It works with high-end graphic design programs like Adobe InDesign. Welcome to Scribus, a page layout program for Linux, FreeBSD, PC-BSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OpenIndiana, Debian GNU/Hurd, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4, eComStation, Haiku and Windows. If you want to work your way up, Scribus is a great place to start. Most top design projects, though, have significant barriers to entry. We highly recommend this app to anyone who needs the power of expensive tools but can't afford them. Without a canvas, a graphic designer's job becomes more difficult. By taking advantage of these other freeware apps to boost its own productivity, Scribus enhances its appeal by forming a virtual freeware suite.

Scribus does have some oddities, mostly related to the scaling of imported images, but there's something else about it that's far more interesting: it painlessly brings in documents from the suite and it uses The GIMP for image editing.

There wasn't much jazz to the interface, but all the major beats were present: buttons were laid out logically and grouped according to function, without any unusual placement. We found it an invaluable resource when testing the application. The detailed Web site includes a wealth of documentation, tutorials (some with video), and notes on everything from installation problems to drawing a grid to creating a text frame. What it lacks in pretty design, though, it more than makes up for with a full complement of useful features that compare very favorably against more expensive competition. Scribus offers up a freeware desktop publisher that lacks the polish of more popular, pay-for-use programs.
