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From: Dave on 18 Aug 2006 22:39
Al wrote:
> wayfaring stranger wrote:
>
>> Hi gang --
>> I'm looking for a freeware "reasonable facsimile thereof" for Quark
>> Express. I ran across one called Scribus, but you're SOL if your
>> platform is older than Windows 2000.
>> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.
>> Jerry
>
>
> I, too, have used PagePlus through many versions, but have recently
> discovered
> an interesting alternative.
>
> Scribus is a superb FREE desktop publishing program which is just as
> good or better! > http://www.scribus.net/
>
One alternative to your problem of your OS being too old for Scribus is
to use one of the Live Linux cds.A lot of them have Scribus on
them.That's what I did with an old Win98 box I was using.

p.s. Gimp ran faster on the Linux Live cds too rather than the Win98
compatible version.

Dave


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"...voters are not apathetic; rather, they are too deeply concerned
with the nation's serious problems to be interested in the
candidate's trivial proposals" Barry Commoner
From: JP Loken on 19 Aug 2006 08:01
P Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:32:38 +0200, skrev wayfaring <stranger>:

> Hi gang --
> I'm looking for a freeware "reasonable facsimile thereof" for Quark
> Express. I ran across one called Scribus, but you're SOL if your
> platform is older than Windows 2000.
> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.
> Jerry

The discontinued, free version of RagTime Solo is still available here:
ftp://ragtime.ftp.fu-berlin.de/English/windows/Install_RagTime_Solo.exe


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From: Frank Bohan on 19 Aug 2006 08:49

"Al" <al(a)nospam.net> wrote in message news:ec578402cha(a)enews4.newsguy.com...
> wayfaring stranger wrote:
>> Hi gang --
>> I'm looking for a freeware "reasonable facsimile thereof" for Quark
>> Express. I ran across one called Scribus, but you're SOL if your
>> platform is older than Windows 2000.
>> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.
>> Jerry
>
> I, too, have used PagePlus through many versions, but have recently
> discovered
> an interesting alternative.
>
> Scribus is a superb FREE desktop publishing program which is just as
> good or better! > http://www.scribus.net/

<quote>
Before Downloading
a.. Install Ghostscript before installing Scribus. Ghostscript 8.54+ or
newer is recommended. This is important for EPS,PS import and printing.
Note: The correct .exe name for Ghostscript is gswin32c.exe, not
gswin32.exe. Setting this properly will avoid error messages on start up and
Scribus will auto-detect Ghostscript's location on install. More details:
Scribus Preferences
b.. Scribus is very intolerant of poorly constructed or marginal grade
fonts.Once installed, please read carefully the font setup section in the
help documentation.
c.. This is beta software which is undergoing many code changes daily.
While it is fairly stable and usable, caution is advised. It is not
recommended yet for production use. The underlying file format is undergoing
rapid changes and will not be finished until the 1.3.4 or 1.3.5 version is
released.
</quote>

I think I'll pass on this one for the present.

===

Frank Bohan
 A hangover is the wrath of grapes.


From: Anders Rasmussen on 21 Aug 2006 05:34
Hi..

Taking about linux I just want to mention that
http://www.osalt.com/kword is also an alternative to quark. Eventhough
KWord is considered a word-processor, it has frame-based layout
capability allowing you to use it a you would with many DTP programs.

best regards,
Anders Rasmussen
webmaster
Open Source Alternative - www.osalt.com

Dave wrote:
> Al wrote:
> > wayfaring stranger wrote:
> >
> >> Hi gang --
> >> I'm looking for a freeware "reasonable facsimile thereof" for Quark
> >> Express. I ran across one called Scribus, but you're SOL if your
> >> platform is older than Windows 2000.
> >> Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help.
> >> Jerry
> >
> >
> > I, too, have used PagePlus through many versions, but have recently
> > discovered
> > an interesting alternative.
> >
> > Scribus is a superb FREE desktop publishing program which is just as
> > good or better! > http://www.scribus.net/
> >
> One alternative to your problem of your OS being too old for Scribus is
> to use one of the Live Linux cds.A lot of them have Scribus on
> them.That's what I did with an old Win98 box I was using.
>
> p.s. Gimp ran faster on the Linux Live cds too rather than the Win98
> compatible version.
>
> Dave
>
>
> --
> "...voters are not apathetic; rather, they are too deeply concerned
> with the nation's serious problems to be interested in the
> candidate's trivial proposals" Barry Commoner

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