[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: December PLUG Meeting
David Mandel
dmandel at pdxLinux.org
Thu Dec 2 09:53:44 UTC 2010
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The Portland Linux/Unix Group
will meet
7 PM Thursday Dec 2, 2010
at
Portland State University
in the
Fariborz Maseeh
College of Engineering & Computer Science Building
Room FAB 86-01
(This is in the basement.)
The building is on SW 4th across from SW College Street.
See location H-10 on map at http://pdxLinux.org/campus_map.jpg
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Presentation
Open Source Desktop Publishing
with
Scribus
by
John Jason Jordan
Scribus is just a few years old, but has already achieved
most of the features of the expensive commercial desktop
publishing apps, and a few they don't have. If you need to
do fliers, brochures, or whole books, Scribus is now the
preferred tool.
The presentation will start with a brief introduction to
some of the terms of desktop publishing, especially how to
get your computer to produce something that a print shop can
put on a press. This will include matters such as typography,
color management, banding and line screens, transparency,
imposition, and several other issues.
Then we will spend a few minutes on an overview of Scribus,
how it is different from word processors, TeX, and advantages
and disadvantages. This will include the basic features of
Scribus, including typographical controls, master pages, render
frames, PDF forms, PDF export options, scripting, collect for
output, and lots more. It will also cover how Scribus is the
end tool in a process that starts with other programs.
Finally we will reproduce the PLUG flier that was created
in Scribus. This will be presented on the screen showing
the steps and features of Scribus necessary to produce it.
Each member of the audience will have a paper copy of the
flier to assist in following the process.
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Agenda:
7:00 - 7:30 Business
We will discuss the status of our ongoing projects
including PLUG's monthly Advanced Topics meetings,
PLUG's monthly hands on clinics, PLUG for Education,
etc.
7:30 - 8:30 Presentation
See above
9:00 - ... Beer
The Lucky Lab Northwest Beerhall
1945 NW Quimby
Portland, Oregon
David Mandel
Chief Activist
Portland Linux/Unix Group
560 SE Alexander
Corvallis, Oregon 97333
(541) 730-5285 mobile
dmandel at pdxLinux.org
P.S. The Mid Willamette Valley Linux Users Group meets
every month.
See http://www.lug.corvallis.or.us/ for details.
P.S. The Eugene Linux Users Group meets several times a month.
See http://www.euglug.org for details.
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