Presentation of « Open Source » and Scribus
The layout and layout

Downloading and installing Scribus and Ghostscript
Presentation of the interface
Presentation of menus, tools and panels
Text blocks, images and objects

The two modes: bitmap and vector
Color spaces
The resolution of the images
The different formats of image files

Hands-on workshop: changing the size and resolution of an image

Creation of a new document: the different types of documents
The different parameters of the document according to its destination: printing, interactive presentation …
The structure of a document: templates and models
Import formats

Workshop: creating different types of papers

The management of the different planes
The options of the layers
The parameters of the blending modes

Workshop: management and manipulation of layers

Text import
Style sheets
Text chaining
Dressing

Workshop: creation of magazine pages, use of style sheets

Vector shapes and paths
Illustrations
Printing and exporting
Color management Exporting
to EPS and PDF formats

Workshop: management and handling of objects

For objects
For text

Workshop: deepening of the options for managing and manipulating vector objects

Formatting and managing tables
Importing data
Importing images

Workshop: making complex paintings

Automatic pagination
Footnotes
Scripts

Hands-on Workshop: Automating Paging, Creating and Using Scripts

Generation of the table of contents
Management of non-breaking spaces, hyphenation, etc.
Color and font management aids

Workshop: making a long document

Calibration of the graphic chain and import of ICC profiles

Settings for the different document destinations
Export to EPS and PDF formats

Workshop: in-depth study of document management and configuration options