Am Samstag, 29. Juli 2006 12:06 schrieb Peter Nermander: > I really can't believe everybody is discussing the content of the document > to be used in the tutorial. As I see it it is totally irrelevant. > > Someone draw a design example (or several) in a drawing program. Just > pictures of how it is supposed to look. Then write a tutorial on how to > acheive that design with Scribus. People can even draw designs and ask if > someone else can tell how to acheive such a layout. > > Then we can supply sample content to be inserted into the design, there can > be several archives with content. They will all have the same number of > text files (of approximately ythe same size) and images and the used can > choose which ones to insert into the tutorial design. And teachers can even > make their own content for students to use. > > We just have to decide on some key properties of the designs: number and > (approximate) sizes of images, length of text, one long text or several > smaller?, number and types of headings etc. They don't have to be fixed, we > can allow for some variantion. > > Example: > One publication title > Two text, one short newsflash style and a longer article > Three levels of headings > 1-2 large pictures with caption > 2-3 smaller pictures without captions > optional byline/dateline
Hi Peter, you're a bit late to the discussion: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Get_Started_With_Scribus:Contributors And the content of the document _is_ important. It's quite a difference if you want to show Scribus' capabilities by creating an aesthetic layout or a set form, a poster or a magazine. > > /Peter Christoph
