Scribus 1.4.2 Released

Odinbc · **Posted:** Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:25 pm **(#1)**

Scribus 1.4.2 Released, it's not a major release.

true cross-platform spell checking
64-bit version for Microsoft Windows
documentation updates and more...

While your there have a look at Gimp and font related docs.

K1TesseraEna · **Joined:** Sep 22, 2012 **Posts:** 2089 **Location:** US

64-bit! Cool. Thanks for the heads up again, Odin!

Erisian · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:39 am **(#3)**

Cheers Odin. How does Scribus rate next to Open Office Drawing?

Odinbc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:46 pm **(#4)**

Erisian wrote:

Cheers Odin. How does Scribus rate next to Open Office Drawing?

Scribus is not a drawing program, OpenOffice Writer would be closer. Scribus is for layout and publishing like, Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Publisher. Scribus works well with Gimp.

Erisian · **Posted:** Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:07 am **(#5)**

Odinbc wrote:

Erisian wrote:

Cheers Odin. How does Scribus rate next to Open Office Drawing?

Scribus is not a drawing program, OpenOffice Writer would be closer. Scribus is for layout and publishing like, Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Publisher. Scribus works well with Gimp.

I wouldn't call OO drawing a drawing program either - it's also for layout and publishing. I'm lucky to have found a copy of Serif Page Plus in a charity shop for £5 so I usually use that but I like to play with any good Open Source software as well.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:46 pm **(#6)**

Erisian wrote:

I wouldn't call OO drawing a drawing program either - it's also for layout and publishing. I'm lucky to have found a copy of Serif Page Plus in a charity shop for £5 so I usually use that but I like to play with any good Open Source software as well.

I would give Scribus a go, it's very powerful for many reasons.