> Pagemaker was a doddle (took about an hour to figure the basics out), > Quark is a constant pain (after three weeks, it was unstable. After 6 > weeks, it more stable, but still unstable!)
heh - it only has to be better at opening Quark files than Quark. And that's not as hard a target as it should be ;-) > and I don't have any > documentation for InDesign format, so that could be anything. If sample InDesign files are needed, I can help out. Additionally, I can convert QuarkXPress documents to InDesign if that would help in decoding formats. We don't use InDesign here, but we've got a couple of copies lying around from Adobe Design Collection bundles. We're planning on using it later maybe, so I can't alas just send you one. > If someone wants a specific format adding in, then either myself (or > Franz or anyone else who wants to) will look at it and decide if it's > going to be an effective use of time away from the core application. We > won't say no (unless it's impossible or really nasty like MS Publisher) > but they will drop down the list. Another one I'd suggest for "impossibly nasty" would be Word. An MS word "text only + text styles" import would be very handy, but full formatting... there's no point IMHO. If it's needed, it might be better done by loading a word doc in OO.o (which has established mediocre but working word import) and copy+paste to Scribus. Full-formatted content copy+paste between OO.o and Scribus would no doubt be handy for many other things, of course, and seems a good way to support file formats that go in the "too hard" baket for Scribus, but are implemented in OO.o . Just a few ideas, mind you - nothing more. Personally, I don't get the need for file-format compatability. It's handy, but not all that much more. I'd /never/ actually shuffle documents back and forth between two DTP apps voluntarily, it will never work perfectly and perfect is all that's good enough. The need is rare anyway - how often do you now recieve a Quark document, Indesign file, or whatever instead of a PDF? I know that here, at the paper I'm working for, we don't even accept Quark or Indesign files anymore - your choices are PDF, EPS, TIFF or JPEG. Our printers only talk PDF. Then again, perhaps it's just the section of the publishing business that I'm in - others needs could easily be different. Craig Ringer
