Much thanks to both a.l.e and dijo for their helpful suggestions! I do not yet have OOo but it sounds like I better give it a try.
Re: dijo - inter-word kerning, Word will allow that, but it is manual and applies to all selected text, and is not availabe for automatic justification afaik (at least in my older version), which was disappointing. all the best, Eilert ps. any other suggestions from other users are still welcome! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20100125/7be87e80/attachment.htm>
