Scribus is a free, open-source desktop publishing application that has been compared to Adobe InDesign, much like The GIMP is compared to Adobe Photoshop and OpenOffice is compared to Microsoft 365. If you’ve never used professional page layout applications before, Scribus can be a little overwhelming the first time you open it up to create something. Here are tutorials and Scribus documentation to get you started quickly.
Scribus Lesson 1 – Getting Started & User Interface
This three-part video series will guide you through the basics and prepare you to use Scribus effectively on your own. Each video in the set will take you deeper into the core concepts of Scribus.
The first video starts with the basics. The second video dives into the Scribus story editor and the beginnings of stylesheets. The final video in the series continues your work with stylesheets and teaches you how to distribute finished work from Scribus.
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