2010/7/31 Gerard Cunningham <gerard at faduda.net> > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 21:45 +0100, Jim Ford wrote: > > On 7/31/2010 9:34 PM, Gerard Cunningham wrote: > > > On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 21:25 +0100, Jim Ford wrote: > > >> How does Scribus compare with Quarkxpress? Is Scribus likely to be > > >> appropriate for what I want to do, or am I going to 'hit a wall' > > >> eventually and wish I'd sported the (considerable) outlay for Quark? > > >> Though as far as my > > >> experience goes, Scribus should be able to do what you want, unless > you > > >> have some unusually exotic requirements. > > >> > > >> > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > > > I can't say that what I want to do is 'exotic'- just mixtures of images > > and text on pages. You've really answered my question, so I'll give > > Scribus a go. > > You might want to hold on and get a few more replies. One problem I > understand exists (though I haven't encountered it personally) is that > Scribus wil struggle with lots of pages, especially if they're image > heavy. Of course, it can be overcome by creating several Scribus files, > one per chapter perhaps. >
I am working on a book now with more than 150 pages, lots of pictures. The only speed problem I encounter is when I open the file, it takes a lot of time, but since I do it only once a day I can live with it. I use 1.3.3.13 on Vista, 2 GB RAM. - Bo E - > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100801/0e728885/attachment.htm>
