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Line 4: {{infobox software \| name = Scribus \| logo = Scribus logo.svg \| logo size = 60px \| screenshot = Scribus_1.4.6_on_Linux_Mint_18.png \| caption = Scribus 1.4.6 under [[Linux Mint]] 18 \| collapsible = \| developer = The Scribus Team \| released = {{Start date and age\|df=yes\|~~2003~~2001\|06\|2616}} \| discontinued = \| latest release version = 1.46.81<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://~~wiki~~www.scribus.net/~~canvas/~~scribus-1~~.4.8_Release~~-6-1-released/\|title=Scribus 1.46.81 ~~Release - Scribus Wiki~~Released\|website=~~wiki.~~scribus.net}}</ref> \| latest release date = {{Start date and age\|df=yes\|~~2019~~2024\|0301\|0307}} \| latest preview version = <!--1.5.78<ref>{{cite web\|access-date=~~2021~~2022-0401-2825\|title=Scribus 1.5.78 released – Scribus\|url=https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-5-78-released/}}</ref>--> \| latest preview date = <!--{{Start date and age\|df=yes\|~~2021~~2022\|0401\|2124}}--> \| programming language = [[C++]] ([[Qt (software)\|Qt]]) \| operating system = Linux/UNIX<br />Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 =(up to 1.4.8)<br ~~Linux~~/~~UNIX~~>Mac OS X 10.9 (64-bit, up to 1.5.3), Mac OS X 10.10-10.12 (64-bit, up to 1.5.4), macOS X 10.13 (64-bit, up to 1.5.5)<br />Windows 2000 (32-bit, up to 1.5.0), Windows Vista (64-bit), Windows 7<br />OS/2 Warp 4,/eComStation ~~ArcaOS,~~(up ~~eComStation,~~to 1.5.0)<br />ArcaOS<br />FreeBSD (up to 1.5.0), PC-BSD (up to 1.5.0), OpenBSD (up to 1.5.0), NetBSD, (up to 1.5.0)<br />Solaris, (up to 1.4.8)<br />OpenIndiana, (up to 1.5.0)<br />GNU/Hurd,<br />Haiku \| platform = \| size = \| language = [[Multilingual]] \| genre = [[Desktop publishing]] \| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public ~~= [[GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License~~License\|GNU LGPL 2.1]], [[~~MIT_License\|~~MIT License\|MIT]], [[~~BSD_Licenses\|~~BSD Licenses\|3-clause BSD]], [[Public domain]] \| website = {{url\|https://www.scribus.net}} }} '''Scribus''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|s\|k\|r\|aɪ\|b\|ə\|s}}) is [[free and open-source]] [[desktop publishing]] (DTP) software available for most desktop operating systems. It is designed for layout, [[typesetting]], and preparation of files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. Scribus can also create animated and ~~[[interactive]]~~ [[Portable Document Format#Multimedia\|interactive PDF]] presentations and forms. Example uses include writing newspapers, ~~[[brochure]]s~~brochures, [[~~newsletter~~Newsletter\|newsletters]]s, ~~[[poster]]s~~posters, and books. The Scribus 1.4 series are the current stable releases, and the 1.5 series where developments are made available in preparation for the next stable release series, version 1.6.<ref>{{cite web\|accessdate=2021-03-29\|title=FAQ: Installing and Running Scribus - Scribus Wiki\|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/FAQ:_Installing_and_Running_Scribus#Which_version_should_I_use.3F\|website=wiki.scribus.net}}</ref>▼ ▲<!--The Scribus 1.4 series are the current stable releases, and the 1.5 series where developments are made available in preparation for the next stable release series, version 1.6.<ref>{{cite web\|accessdate=2021-03-29\|title=FAQ: Installing and Running Scribus - Scribus Wiki\|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/FAQ:_Installing_and_Running_Scribus#Which_version_should_I_use.3F\|website=wiki.scribus.net}}</ref> --> Scribus is written in [[Qt (software)\|Qt]] and released under the [[GNU General Public License]]. There are native versions available for [[Unix]], [[Linux]], [[Berkeley Software Distribution\|BSD]], [[macOS]], [[Haiku (operating system)\|Haiku]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[OS/2]] (including [[ArcaOS]] and [[eComStation]]) operating systems. Line 40: [[Portable Document Format\|PDF]] support includes transparency, encryption, and a large set of the PDF 1.5 specification including layers (OCG), as well as [[PDF/X]]-3,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=pdfx3 \|title=Scribus PDF/X-3 Overview \|access-date=22 May 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718190917/http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=pdfx3 \|archive-date=18 July 2011 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> including interactive PDFs form fields, annotations, and bookmarks.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.5.0_Release\|title=1.5.0 Release - Scribus Wiki\|website=wiki.scribus.net\|language=en\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref>{{Failed verification\|date=March 2021}} The current file format, called SLA, is [[XML]]. Old versions of SLA were based on XML. Text can be imported from [[OpenDocument]] (ODT) text documents (such as from [[LibreOffice]] Writer), [[OpenOffice.org XML]] ([[OpenOffice.org]] Writer's SXW files), [[Microsoft Word]]'s [[Doc (computing)\|DOC]], [[PDB (Palm OS)\|PDB]], and [[HTML]] formats (although some limitations apply). ODT files can typically be imported along with their paragraph styles, which are then created in Scribus. HTML tags which modify text, such as '''bold''' and ''italic'', are supported. Word and PDB documents are only imported as plain text.<ref>https://wiki.scribus.net/wiki/images/9/93/Scribus-specs-152.pdf {{Bare URL PDF\|date=March 2022}}</ref> ScribusGenerator is a [[mail merge]]-like extension to Scribus.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://github.com/berteh/ScribusGenerator\|title=berteh/ScribusGenerator\|date=25 April 2021\|via=GitHub}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://berteh.github.io/ScribusGenerator/\|title=ScribusGenerator\|website=ScribusGenerator}}</ref> Line 47: Scribus 1.5.1 added PDF/X-4 support.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.5.1_Release\|title=1.5.1 Release - Scribus Wiki\|website=wiki.scribus.net\|language=en\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> Initially, Scribus did not properly support [[complex text layout\|complex script rendering]] and so could not be used with [[Unicode]] text for languages written in [[Arabic ~~script\|Arabic]]~~, [[Hebrew ~~script\|Hebrew]]~~, [[Indic ~~scripts\|Indic]]~~, and [[Southeast ~~Asia\|South East~~ Asian]] [[writing ~~system]]s~~systems, even though it supported Unicode character encoding.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=3965\|title=0003965: Metabug: Support for non-latin languages - Mantis Issue Tracker for Scribus\|website=bugs.scribus.net\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1547\|title=0001547: Support for Indic Scripts - Mantis Issue Tracker for Scribus\|website=bugs.scribus.net\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> In August 2012, it was announced that a third party had developed a system to support complex Indic scripts.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/2012-August/047258.html \| title = Indic Unicode support for Scribus is developed Line 74: ==Support for other programs and formats== Scribus cannot read or write the native file formats of other ~~DTP~~desktop publishing programs such as [[QuarkXPress]] or [[InDesign]]; the developers consider that [[reverse engineering]] those file formats would be prohibitively complex and could risk legal action from the makers of those programs.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Why_Scribus_doesn't_support_QuarkXpress_and_other_major_publishing_applications\|title=Why Scribus doesn't support QuarkXpress and other major publishing applications - Scribus Wiki\|website=wiki.scribus.net\|language=en\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> Due to licensing issues, the software package does not include support for the [[Pantone Matching System\|Pantone color matching system (PMS)]], which is included in some commercial ~~DTP~~desktop publishing applications. Pantone colors can be obtained and incorporated within Scribus without licensing issues.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/How_to_legally_obtain_spot_colour_palettes_for_use_in_Scribus_1.3.3.x_and_later_versions\|title=How to legally obtain spot colour palettes for use in Scribus 1.3.3.x and later versions - Scribus Wiki\|website=wiki.scribus.net\|language=en\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> Scribus is shipped with more than 100 color palettes, most donated by various commercial color vendors, but also including scientific, national, and government color standards. ===Forthcoming Scribus 1.6 (by way of Scribus 1.5 development branch)=== Line 85: German Organisation freieFarbe e.V. built last HLC Colour Atlas for real colours based on CIELAB. This free Colour Palette is also available in Scribus 1.5.4+.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scribus.net/hlc-colour-atlas-released/\|title=HLC Colour Atlas Released – Scribus\|website=www.scribus.net\|language=en-US\|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> Scribus 1.5.6 supports native pdf export with embedded open type fonts and pdf 1.6. [[Python 3]] is now default in scripts.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.6.1_Release\|title=1.5.6.1 Release - Scribus\|website=w.scribus.net}}</ref> Scribus 1.5.7 improves undo and redo action. Qt 5.14 is new base for compilation and 3rd party components have newer versions. Next version is 1.5.8 as perhaps last step before 1.6.0. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=114\|title = Change Log - Mantis Issue Tracker for Scribus}}</ref> From view of developers Version 1.5.7 is stable. There are no new Versions in pipe with Backports for the 1.4 tree with the near end of QT4 support in most systems. Scribus 1.5.8 supports full Python 3 support also for MacOS and modern UI features like Dark Mode.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-5-8-released/\|title = Scribus 1.5.8 released – Scribus}}</ref> ~~==Books about Scribus==~~ Books about Scribus are available in several languages,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Books \|title=Books about Scribus\|website=Scribus wiki\|access-date= 16 June 2016}}</ref> including an official [[User guide\|manual]] for v1.3, published through FLES Books in 2009.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.flesbooks.com/scribus1.3manual/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106230447/http://www.flesbooks.com/scribus1.3manual/ \|title=Scribus 1.3 Official Manual\|year=2009\|archive-date=6 January 2010\|publisher=FLES Books}}</ref>▼ ==Books== ▲Books about Scribus are available in several languages,<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Books \|title=Books about Scribus\|website=Scribus wiki\|access-date= 16 June 2016}}</ref> ~~including~~as anis ~~official~~a ~~[[User guide\|~~manual]] for v1using Scribus 1.3~~, published through FLES Books~~ in ~~2009~~desktop publishing.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~book \|~~url~~title=~~http~~ Scribus:~~//www.flesbooks.com/scribus1.3manual/~~ Open Source Desktop Publishing : the Official Manual \|~~archive~~author1-~~url~~last=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20100106230447/http://www.flesbooks.com/scribus1.3manual/~~ Pittman \|~~title~~author1-first=~~Scribus~~ ~~1.3~~Gregory ~~Official Manual~~\|~~year~~author2-last=~~2009~~ Schäfer \|~~archive~~author2-~~date~~first=6Christoph ~~January 2010~~\|publisher= FLES Books \|year= 2009 }}</ref> ==Significant users== ''[[Janayugom]]'', a [[Malayalam]] daily newspaper in [[Kerala]], [[India]], migrated all desktop publishing to Scribus and [[GIMP\|Gimp]] in November 2019, saving over 10 million Indian rupees (approximately [[US$]]130,000).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/nov/02/free-open-source-software-will-offer-solutions-to-it-startups-pinarayi-2055860.html\|title=Free, open-source software will offer solutions to IT startups: Pinarayi\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> == See also == * [[Comparison of desktop publishing software]] * [[List of desktop publishing software]] ==References== Line 105 ⟶ 111: {{Wikibooks\|Scribus}} * {{Official website\|https://www.scribus.net}} * {{libera.chat\|scribus}} on [[Libera.chat]] ===Tutorials=== * [https://www.lifewire.com/scribus-software-tutorials-1078942 From Jacci Howard Bear at LifeWire] * [https://onebookshelfpublisherservice.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/212626267/Book_HowToSCRIBUS-Digital.pdf Book_HowToSCRIBUS-Digital.pdf] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043102/https://onebookshelfpublisherservice.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/212626267/Book_HowToSCRIBUS-Digital.pdf \|date=5 January 2019 }} * For Scribus 1.4 [https://www.aapainfo.org/scribus.html from American Amateur Press Association] * Scribus 2013 [https://my-hexagon.com/rep/Scribus_tutorial.pdf hexagon] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920175436/http://my-hexagon.com/rep/Scribus_tutorial.pdf \|date=20 September 2018 }} * Scribus 1.5.5 [https://www.darkartistry.com/2019/11/scribus-1-5-5-book-cover-tutorial-video/ create a book cover] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128231813/https://www.darkartistry.com/2019/11/scribus-1-5-5-book-cover-tutorial-video/ \|date=28 January 2022 }} * scribus 1.4.6 [https://www.aapainfo.org/scribus.html A. J. Publishing using scribus by Dave Tribby] * scribus 1.5.5 [https://www.rgb-labs.com/scribus-010-pfade-bezier-kurven-1/ path and Bézier curves]{{In lang\|de}} ===Articles=== * [http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/free-desktop-publishing-with-scribus-open-source.html Free Desktop Publishing with Scribus] at World Label. A blog post on using Scribus 1.3.5 to create labels. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140716193315/http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-scribus/index.html Open source desktop publishing with Scribus] by William von Hagen, atfrom IBM site. {{Desktop publishing software}} Line 124 ⟶ 131: [[Category:Cross-platform software]] [[Category:Desktop publishing software for Linux]] [[Category:~~DTP~~Desktop publishing software for ~~MacOS~~macOS]] [[Category:~~DTP~~Desktop publishing software for Windows]] [[Category:Free desktop publishing software]] [[Category:Free educational software]] Line 132 ⟶ 139: [[Category:Free software programmed in C++]] [[Category:Free typesetting software]] [[Category:Software that uses Cairo (graphics)]] [[Category:Software that uses Qt]] [[Category:2001 software]]