Hi Cyorxamp On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:05 AM, Steven Maddox (Cyorxamp) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm at the same stage, I started using OO.Draw for DTP not knowing what it > was intended for. And I find myself wondering if I should convert my > documents to Scribus. Scribus treats OO.Draw documents like it does SVG and > PNG... as in insertable smaller objects for the overall page... not as an > equal document format to its own. And I've seen plenty on the OO forums now > about how OO.Draw it isn't meant to be for DTP and more like Visio I find that Draw is a very good desktop publishing program. I used to use Corel Draw for desktop publishing, and the two programs are very similar, although Corel Draw has a lot more options. I'm not convinced that Draw is "meant" to be a Visio program. I find that Dia and Kivio are much closer programs to Visio. But I've never paid too much attention to what a program is "meant" for - if I find it useful for a task, I use it. I have used Draw a lot as a drawing program though - especially when I was working on a Mathematics tuition program. I tend to use Draw a lot for business graphics and desktop publishing (brochures, flyers and newsletters), and I use Inkscape for more "artistic" drawings, including web graphics. Unfortunately, Draw doesn't natively handle SVGs, while Inkscape uses SVG as its default format. (There is an extension to add SVG to Draw, though.) I created an A5 flyer for work this week, and I'm very happy with it. I also use it to create more Visio-like documents too, including organisational charts. If you'd to see some documents created with Draw, I have some quick reference cards for OpenOffice.org available for download at http://www.tryanotherangle.org/. (I'll get around to doing Impress and Base cards one day...) Personally, if you are happy with your documents in Draw, I'd keep using it. If you'd like to try out Scribus, have a look at it. It's a very nice program, but also more complex (and having more options) than Draw. Choose the program that suits you. Adrian
