Looking for a reliable desktop publishing application for Linux? Scribus is an exceptional solution for creating PDF documents and brings professional desktop printing to Linux systems.

尋找適用於Linux的可靠桌面釋出應用程式？ Scribus是用於建立PDF文件的出色解決方案，並將專業的桌面列印功能引入Linux系統。

Scribus is an Open Source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp 4/e ComStation and Windows desktops with a combination of “press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, Spot Colors, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

Scribus是一個開源程式，將屢獲殊榮的專業頁面佈局帶入Linux / UNIX，Mac OS X，OS / 2 Warp 4 / e ComStation和Windows桌面，結合了“即用型”輸出和新的頁面佈局方法。 在現代且使用者友好的介面下，Scribus支援專業的釋出功能，例如CMYK顏色，分色，專色，ICC顏色管理和多功能的PDF建立。

Installation

安裝

Here we take a look at installing Scribus on our Ubuntu system.

在這裡，我們來看看在我們的Ubuntu系統上安裝Scribus。

First, bring up the Synaptic Package Manager by going to System \ Administration \ Synaptic Package Manager.

首先，通過轉到系統\管理\ Synaptic軟體包管理器來啟動Synaptic軟體包管理器。

Search for the package called as scribus. Select the necessary packages that you want to install by Right-clicking them and hitting mark for installation. I selected the following packages.

搜尋名為scribus的軟體包。 右鍵單擊要安裝的軟體包，然後選擇要安裝的軟體包，以選擇它們。 我選擇了以下軟體包。

• scribus – Scribus 1.3.3.x (stable branch)

  scribus – Scribus 1.3.3.x(穩定分支)

• scribus-ng – Scribus 1.3.x (development branch) scribus-ng package can be installed paralelly to the scribus package

  scribus-ng – Scribus 1.3.x(開發分支)可以將scribus-ng軟體包與scribus軟體包並行安裝

• scribus-template – developer and user-contributed additional templates

  s cribus模板–開發人員和使用者提供的其他模板

• scribus-doc – Scribus 1.3.3.x documentation

  scribus-doc – Scribus 1.3.3.x文件

• icc-profiles – a collection of common ICC profiles to use with Scribus and other color profile-aware software

  icc-profiles –一組常見的ICC配置檔案，可與Scribus和其他可識別顏色配置檔案的軟體一起使用

• lprof – hardware color profiler that can be used to create color profiles for your hardware to be used with Scribus

  lprof –硬體顏色配置器，可用於為要與Scribus一起使用的硬體建立顏色配置檔案

• qt3-qtconfig – Ubuntu users are strongly advised to install this package for finetuning the Scribus GUI with their Gnome desktop

  qt3-qtconfig –強烈建議Ubuntu使用者安裝此軟體包，以便使用其Gnome桌面微調Scribus GUI

Click the Apply Button to start installing the application.

單擊“應用”按鈕開始安裝應用程式。

Depending on the speed of your Internet connection the package will be downloaded and installed.

根據您的Internet連線速度，將下載並安裝該軟體包。

Using Scribus

使用Scribus

You can start Scribus by going to Applications \ Graphics \ Scribus.

您可以通過轉到Applications \ Graphics \ Scribus啟動Scribus。

The following is how the application looks. The interface is pretty intuitive to use.

以下是該應用程式的外觀。 該介面使用起來非常直觀。

Let’s quickly create a quick letter head and save the file as PDF.

讓我們快速建立一個快速信頭並將檔案另存為PDF。

1. Open a new Scribus document.

1.開啟一個新的Scribus文件。

2. Click on Insert \ Shape to insert a rectangle as shown below. By default the color of the rectangle shape is black.

2.單擊“插入\形狀”以插入一個矩形，如下所示。 預設情況下，矩形的顏色為黑色。

3. In order to change the color of the shape, right click on it and click properties to bring up the properties window.

3.為了更改形狀的顏色，右鍵單擊它，然後單擊屬性以開啟屬性視窗。

4. Click color to change the color of the box. Following is how it looks:

4.單擊顏色更改框的顏色。 以下是它的外觀：

5. Now let’s get the image for our letter head. Make sure you have your image ready. Click on Insert \ Image Frame to insert an Image frame. (Note: This does not inserts image, it only inserts the frame). It should look something like this:

5.現在，讓我們獲取信頭的圖片。 確保準備好影象。 單擊“插入\影象框架”以插入影象框架。 (注意：這不會插入影象，只會插入框架)。 它看起來應該像這樣：

6. In order to insert the image in the image frame right click the image frame you just created and click Get Image.

6.為了將影象插入影象框中，右鍵單擊剛建立的影象框，然後單擊“獲取影象”。

7. Locate and select the image to insert it.

7.找到並選擇要插入的影象。

8. Now let’s create the title of the letter head. To do so click, Insert \ Text Frame. Right click on the frame and click Edit Text to bring up the text editing box. Enter the title of your letter head.

8.現在，我們建立信頭的標題。 為此，請單擊“插入\文字框架”。 右鍵單擊框架，然後單擊“編輯文字”以顯示文字編輯框。 輸入信頭的標題。

9. Let’s save this letter head in PDF format. Click File \ Export \ Save as PDF. The PDF file looks like this:

9.讓我們將此信頭儲存為PDF格式。 單擊檔案\匯出\另存為PDF。 PDF檔案如下所示：

That’s it! The letter head is ready for use. If you are looking for a quality desktop publishing tool for Linux Scribus is definitely worth a look.

而已！ 信頭準備好使用。 如果您正在尋找針對Linux的高質量桌面釋出工具，那麼Scribus絕對值得一看。

Scribus Homepage

Scribus主頁

翻譯自: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3881/scribus-is-a-an-art-desktop-publishing-tool-for-linux/