Scribus is very capable, and you can try the windows version to test it out before you take the big leap .
On 05/08/10 01:45, Baseball Bob wrote: > Submitted on 08/05/2010 > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224] > > Submitted values are: > > Name: Baseball Bob > Email Address: RLN37 at yahoo.com > Subject: Ventura Publisher > Message: > I am trying to drop Windows altogether, and go to Ubuntu. But I run a > baseball league for kids every summer, and depend on Ventura Publisher > ( a WYSIWYG desktop publishing program) to make all necessary forms, > and to produce good-looking many-page manuals for coaches and > parents. I wonder if moving to Scribus would be workable for me? I > don't need absolute compatibility with Ventura, but I have found > Ventura to be very convenient over the years, so would like a Linux > DTP program that has similar attributes. Would Scribus be good for > me? Or is it mainly just a single-page layout program, that might bog > down when tackling something like a 35-page user manual for example? > > About your Scribus program: > Version: 1.3.3.14 > Prebuilt/Compiled: Prebuilt > Build Date: > Your operating system and CPU: > Type: Windows > Version: Vista or Windows 7 > CPU type: 32bit (Intel/AMD - i386) > > The results of this submission may be viewed at: > http://www.scribus.net/?q=node/158/submission/493 > > > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
