wingsgroup wrote: > I am new to DTP and Scribus and needing to get a project done in the next 2.5 > weeks. (I'm probably crazy!) Anyway, I have searched, but not really found > any good answers to my questions. My project is actually a homeschool group > yearbook and I am wanting to use two-page spreads for the section dividers. > It will be a picture across the pages with text running across. How do I go > about this without losing the text and making the picture look funny? I used > single pages for the setup and just put the picture and text right across as > I was designing it visually. I didn't do a lot yet because I realized that I > needed answers to these questions first. I read somewhere about bleeds and > so I did make my pages slightly bigger (the printer suggested .25 inches). > Someone suggested using margins for the gutter, but I am afraid that I might > get some white space showing. I would appreciate any help you can give! > Someone posted a list of open source books to another list I'm on. This one looked good and is relevant to DTP generally.
The Digital Foundations of Graphics Design is a textbook on Graphic Design using Inkscape, Gimp, Firefox and Processing, released under a Creative Commons Licence. It?s strength is that it is not just a manual for the programs, it?s actually a course in graphic design. Link : http://en.flossmanuals.net/DigitalFoundations -- Patrick Ernst ARO Australia Pty Ltd Mob: 0404 883 145 Fax: 08 8219 0124 iNet: www.aroaustralia.com
