In a previous message, BandiPat <penguin0601@earthlink.net> wrote:
Sounds like you are looking for wordprocessing functions in a page layout program. They are not the same and shouldn't be mistaken for such.
Don't worry - I know that. But, as I said previously, some page-layout programs also have good content-creation tools (i.e. also contain the tools of a word processor), and this is the way I prefer to work if possible. Perhaps a better way to phrase that is that my preferred page-layout app is also an excellent word processor! (It's OvationPro, BTW, on RISC OS.)
I mentioned the slowness you spoke of to the developers and they ask me if you were still using a 486 type PC! ;o)
AthlonXP 2200+, 512MB RAM. Which is why I'm rather surprised by the speed of Scribus. Perhaps I should drop by the Scribus forum and explore this.
If you are experiencing the amount of drag in the program you seem to be, I suspect there are some things not quite right in your system. Really, Scribus is not exhibiting that on my system or others on the list & IRC. Most were fairly amazed when I brought it up today.
Hmm. Nothing else shows this problem so there must be some specific interaction going on.
Oh, and the other thing I couldn't find was wrap control (setting the offset for wrapping round objects and also the wrap method [one side/both sides/neither side etc.]). Have I missed this somewhere?
It's there, wrap around a graphic or other object, offset spacing, etc. It's just you don't know the program well enough to fully use it yet.
Fair enough - although it isn't obvious for a new user (or me, at any rate, and I've used quite a few page-layout progs over the years). Could you tell me where it is?
YMMV, of course, since you are not a daily user or layout person by trade.
Slight assumption on your part there - because I don't immediately get on with Scribus, I'm not in the trade :-) As it happens, I'm a copy editor by trade and, although layout isn't my main job, I have done quite a bit over the years and know a fair bit about layout and design. I'm not a daily user of Scribus; however, even though I'm not hugely keen on some of how it's designed, it could be most useful if it would work well on my system! John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Valley of the Kings: ransack an ancient Egyptian tomb but beware of mummies!