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Re: [school-discuss] Open Source Publisher



I have only played with it a little. I didn't know it
had enhancements. I'll check it out. Thanks
Dave
--- Dave Prentice <prentice@instruction.com> wrote:
> David,
>     Kwrite, part of Koffice, has expanded
> capabilities beyond a
> typical word processor. Have you looked into it?
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Tisdell <penguintiz@yahoo.com>
> To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
> <schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net>
> Date: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [school-discuss] Open Source Publisher
> 
> 
> >Thanks Bruno. It looks pretty cool.
> >Their web site compares itself to Pagemaker which
> is a
> >professional program with a learning curve. I kind
> of
> >think of Pagemaker is to Publisher as Photoshop is
> to
> >Photodeluxe. The first being for the  professional
> and
> >the second for the dabbler with simple needs. Until
> I
> >actually play with Scribus, I won't know for sure
> but
> >does it fill the niche for the user who is ready to
> >move on from doing desktop publishing in a word
> >processor to a page layout program. Publisher is
> not
> >for the DTP professional but for the person who
> needs
> >more power than a word processor. Thanks.
> >Dave
> >--- Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin@free.fr> wrote:
> >>
> >> Have a look to scribus:
> >> http://web2.altmuehlnet.de/fschmid/
> >>
> >> Bruno.
> >>
> >>
> >> Le lun 18/11/2002 à 17:38, David Tisdell a écrit
> :
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > Could someone recommend an opensource desktop
> >> > publishing program similar to Publisher. I am
> >> looking
> >> > for something that will work quickly and easily
> as
> >> we
> >> > begin working towards a migration to Linux on
> the
> >> > desktop. Teachers don't want to have a huge new
> >> > learning curve so it will need to be easy to
> learn
> >> if
> >> > they are going to use it with kids in the
> >> classroom.
> >> > Thanks
> >> > Dave
> >> >
> 
> 


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