I am a new user to Scribus. Previously I was attempting to use MS Publisher for a few projects. I found Publisher very frustrating to use, in part because I need to use drawings I have created in a CAD/CAM application. Scribus was much easier to use, and much faster to learn than Publisher for this task. Plus, I got *awesome* quality pdf's. And only had to access the help file a couple of times--everything else was very intuitive.
I want to say a big "Thank You" to the Scribus developers for a great piece of software. To Pat, I think MS Publisher is the software for you and your newbie friend. It does all you are asking for. Scribus is a different sort of tool. Matthew
