I've only recently started learning scribus, and I got asked today what the difference is between a DTP program (such as scribus) and a word processor (say Word or OpenOffice's Writer).
The best answer I could give is scribus can output something ready for a commercial 4 (or 5) color printing press. It can also do PDF forms (a nice feature in and of itself). However it lacks a spell checker and it's not that good for creating the text. Scribus is great for page layout however. (The response to this last point was, "So what. I can add pictures, and graphs in Writer/Word too.") Frankly, I found my answer sorely lacking, which shows I still have much to learn. Can anyone enlighten me? Second question: Is there a *SEARCHABLE* archive of this list anywhere? I found the archive, but not a way to search it. According the FAQ, it should be searchable. -- Fail to learn history-repeat it. Fail to learn rights-lose them. Learn both-get screwed by previous two groups.
