Empresa de Tecnologia e Informações da Previdência Social DATAPREV-RS

Escritório Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul – ESRS.P

Manual

Version 1.2

Porto Alegre/Brazil, October/2004.

Gratefulness

I thank the Dataprev/RS - Company of Technology and Information of the Social welfare, for this chance to learn this tool and to develop this manual. I wait that this takes care of to the basic necessities you to initiate in this tool.

Of the author:

This document follows the same politics of Free Software, it could be copied, modified since that it conserves the rights of the author.

Company: Dataprev/RS – Company of Technology and Information of the Social welfare.

Author: Márcio Adriano Santos de Lemos - technician in computer science.

E-mail: ma.lemos@pop.com.br

Software used: System GNU/Linux version of Kurumin 3.0, Scribus 1.2, OpenOffice.Org 1.1.1 (text publish) and Ksnapshot (program for screen capture).

Recommended sites:

http://www.scribus.org.uk/

http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/artigos/verArtigo.php?codigo=1214

http://www.guiadohardware.net/

http://www.softwarelivre.org/

Sumary

Gratefulness ................................................................................................................... Sumary ........................................................................................................................... Introdution .................................................................................................................... What it is the Scribus? .......................................................................................... Main advantages of the Scribus in relation to PageMaker 6.5 ..........................Main disadvantages of the Scribus in relation to PageMaker 6.5 ....................... Bar of tools and functions of Scribus 1.2 .................................................................... In the inferior bar of the Scribus we find the following functions .................... Menu of shortcut of the frame ..................................................................................... Menu of shortcut of the frame text ...................................................................... Menu of shortcut of the image frame ................................................................... Knowing the properties of the frames ........................................................................ Properties X,Y,Z .................................................................................................... Properties Text ....................................................................................................... Properties Line ....................................................................................................... Properties Shape .................................................................................................... Properties Image .................................................................................................... Properties Colors ................................................................................................... Formatting new document in the Scribus .................................................................. Inserting and formatting a text in the Scribus ........................................................... Creating styles of text formatting ......................................................................... Inserting and formatting an image ............................................................................. Inserting and formatting one it prices ....................................................................... Inserting pages ............................................................................................................. Salving in PDF .............................................................................................................	2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 and 12 13 14 and 15 15 16

Introduction

In last years Free Software was seen as a rustic project, graphical poor person of inteface, of similar Windows tools in the GNU/Linux and of difficult configuration, if presenting of one it does not form friendly with the final user. But today it is vision is leaving to exist, therefore we can find diverse tools of free code similar to that they twirl in Windows with excellent quality and form friendly with the user and of easy configuration. This must it the persistence of thousand of users who contribute for the perfectioning of Free Software in the whole world, e desires if to free of the monopoly of softwares proprietors. The main advantage of the use of Free Software is not alone in its cost zero to acquire it, but also in its security, therefore on the code you the freedom will have all to modify it or perfects it, thus creating, a product personalized for its company.

1.1 What it is the Scribus?

The Scribus is a tool of free code of graphical publisher, it is option GNU/Linux for the Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress and InDesign. With it we can create: periodicals, magazines, documents, drawings and printed matters in general. In this manual we will present of a basic form, the main functions and applications that we can effect with this tool.

1.2 Main advantages of the Scribus in relation to PageMaker 6.5:

Its cost is a tool of free code to acquire starts it to be zero;

It offers a clearer and objective graphical interface for the user;

It presents more resources for manipulation and formatting of objects as: espace of words, insertion of images, texts, tables, etc...

Automatic rescue defined by the user.

1.3 Main disadvantages of the Scribus in relation to PageMaker 6.5:

The users of the Windows who have little memory RAM, they feel certain difference, how much the manipulation and formatting of texts, therefore the GNU/Linux demands a bigger amount of memory does not stop its system but for the programs that twirl in it;

In the first configurations they demand a more advanced user in GNU/Linux.

4. Bar of tools and functions of Scribus 1.2

It confers the functions of the icons in the figure above of the left for right:

To create a new document;

To open an existing document;

To save the document;

To close the document;

To print the document;

To generate document with extension.Pdf;

Hand of mouse;

To insert a text frame;

To insert an image frame;

To insert table;

To insert shapes;

To insert polygons;

To insert and to draw lines;

To turn item;

Magnifying glass;

To edit text frame;

It edits text in the publisher;

Link between the frames makes one,or either, it makes with that the text of a frame continues in the other;

It removes link between the frames;

It calculates in the distance between colon;

To insert fields pdf;

To insert Notations Pdf.

4.1 In the inferior bar of the Scribus we find the following functions:

In the first field you can move in the visualization of the document;

In the sequence buttons exists two, the first one diminishes the visualization for the half and as it

multiplies for 2;

The too much buttons are of navigation of pages and choice of background (color of deep) that you desire to use.

5. Menu of shortcut of the frame

The menu of shortcut of the frame text is shown when we click with the right button on the frame. Let us see below its main functions:

5.1 Menu of shortcut of the frame text

Info – it shows the amount of paragraphs, number of words and characters in the frame.

Get Text – the content of an archive of the type imports for the frame text text.

Append Text – it imports what it has in the archive of the type text and adds to the existing text in the frame text.

Edit Text – it opens the publisher of text of the Scribus, for text insertion manually or glue of an archive.

Lock e Un-lock – it blocks and it unblocks the movement of the frame in the page.

Lock object size – it blocks the alteration of size of the frame.

Send to Scrapbook – it sends the frame selected for the Scrapbook, that it keeps this frame for its future use.

Group e Un-group – group and Un-group the frames.

Level – it puts into motion a frame in relation to another one, it stops backwards or, for front and an advance stops backwards or, for front.

Convert to – it converts the text frame into image frame, poligon or in text without frame.

Clear Contents – clean what it has in the frame.

5.2 Menu of shortcut of the image frame

Get Picture - an image for the frame matters.

Image Visible - the image occults or shows.

Update Picture - the image brings up to date in case that it is modified and saved again with the image publisher.

Edit Picture - the image in the image publisher opens to be edited.

Adjust Frame to Picture - the frame adjusts to the size of the image.

Convert to - the image frame converts into frame of text or poligon.

6. Knowing the properties of the frames

It now confers of properties of the frames that can be had access, clicking with the right button on the frame, choosing the option SHOW PROPERTIES, or for menu TOOLS/PROPERTIES.The inserted frames are itens in the page, as: frames of texts, images, poligons etc...

6.1 Properties X,Y,Z:

Name – name of the frame;

Geometry - In these options you can locate, to modify the size and to turn the frame in the page.

Level - the frame Moves above level, or level below, for front or it stops backwards.

Ao lado na sequência – the frame in the horizontal line Inverts, it blocks and it unblocks the frame, it blocks and it unblocks the modifying the size of the frame, it inverts the image in the vertical line and blockade and raising of

the blockade of the impression of the frame.

Text Flows Around Frame - This marked option if integrates the together frame to the text, or taken away mark it is floating on the text.

Use Bounding Box – some did not make marked or taken away mark change when.

6.2 Properties Text:

In the first item, it is the type of the source of the text in the frame.

Font Size – So great of the source;

Width – Width of the source;

Shade – the color of the text in the desired tone Applies;

U – underlined text;

Xy – subscript;

Xy – supscript;

K – small caps;

O – scratched out text;

0 – text in boldface;

Я – inverted text;

Custom Spacing – Custom of the spaces:

Kerning – Custom of the space between the letters.

Line Spacing – Space between lines

Style – Style of text formatting.

Language – Language of the frame.

6.3 Properties Line:

Basepoint - some does not present change.

Line Style - Choice of the type of line.

Line Width - Width of the line;

Edges - Types of volume of the body of the line.

Endings – Types of line terminations.

6.4 Properties Shape:

Shape - Choice of the format of the frame..

Edit Shape - Edition in the format of the frame.

Round Corners - internal and external rounding of the corners of the frame.

Distance of Text - Distances of the text in relation to the frame.

Columns - the number of columns of the frame configures.

Gap – - Spacing between columns.

Top - Space of the text in the top of the frame.

Bottom - Space of the text in the inferior part of the frame.

Left - Space of the text in the left of the frame.

Right - Space of the text in the right of the frame.

Tabulators - the tabulation of the text Defines.

6.5 Properties Image:

Free Scaling - free Adjustment of the position and size of the frame.

Scale to Frame Size/Proportional – proportional Adjustment of the size of the in agreement image alteration of the size of the frame.

6.6 Properties Colors:

No icone em forma de lápis - color in the line Applies.

No icone balde de tinta - color in the frame Applies.

Shade - the tonality of the color Regulates.

Na caixa de seleção - Choice of the colors with effect of gradients.

7. Formatting new document in the Scribus

In the File menu, click in New.

In the window New Document it makes its configuration of the page in:

Page Size - Choice the size, the orientation or personalization of its page.

Options/first page to number - I will choose the number of pages.

Options/Default Unit - type of measure used for the page.

Margin Guides - It configures the widths of the edges.

Automatic Text/FramesColumn Guides - Choice the number of columns and the space

between them.

Inserting a text in the Scribus

Click in the area of the frame of text with the right button, that it will open a shortcut menu;

Click in the option Edit Text, that it will open the box of Publishing Story dialogue;

In the Text field it inserts the desired text, typing or glue of another place;

In the Menu of the Style field, it defines the forms of positioning of the text - left, centered, right, justified, justified e forced;

Click in the File/ menu Save and Exit;

The text will be with the formatting of the definite columns and spacing initially.

8.1 Creating styles of text formatting

To create a formatting personalized for the text click in the Edit/menu Edit Styles/New;

In the figure below it shows the formatting of a style.

It configures its options of formatting and click OK, SAVE and OK again.

In the menu of the Style field it goes being added the styles bred.

In the figure below it shows the publisher of text with the selected style bred already.

9. Inserting and formatting an image

Click in icone INSERT PICTURE in the bar of tool.

Click and drags in the diagonal line in the area of the page to form the image frame.

With the right button on the formed frame, it will open a shortcut menu, I will choose option GET PICTURE and I select its image.

Click with the right button on the image frame and, in the shortcut menu, I will choose the option SHOW PROPERTIES (Properties of the frame).

Click in the property image and marks option SCALE You FRAME SIZE, with this option the image if modify the size as the area of the frame.

Clicking in option PROPORTIONAL, the proportional image if modify the size to its size and not it area of the frame, having that to adjust the frame in the same ratio of the image.

7.Another option of the property image is FREE SCALING, that it allows to inside locate and to modify the size the image of the frame.

10. Inserting and formatting one it prices

1.Click in the bar of tools in icone INSERT TABLE.

Click and drags in the page to form the frame of the table;

I will choose the line number and columns of the table;

Click with the right button on the frame and in the menu of shortcut, click in SHOW PROPERTIES;

Click in the cell and the bar of tool in icone for the fulfilling of the cell or you can fill it for the publisher, clicking with the right button on the cell, in the shortcut menu, EDIT TEXT;

It gives a double click in the cell to select it and in paleta of properties of the frame it makes its formatting.

In the figure below it shows a table already formatted and grouped and its cells with the same thickness.

*Obs.: The tables are formed by sets of text frames, that they are the cells of the table. Therefore the cells in the Scribus are formatted separately, not being able the table to be selected and to be applied the

formatting for all the cells. For this it is necessary to un-group it.

To modify the size these cells with different thicknesses it is necessary to un-group the table:

Click with the right button in the frame prices and the menu of shortcut click in UN-GROUP.

Click in the cell to be modified the size and with the right button in the shortcut menu click in SHOW PROPERTIES.

In property X,Y,Z/GEOMETRY you will have the values of positioning X and Y and, dimension WIDTH and HEIGTH, beyond the rotation of the frame.

In the figure below it shows a un-grouped table, with the cells modified the size in its height.

Inserting pages

In the bar of tools, click in menu PAGE/INSERT;

In the open box of dialogue I will choose the number of pages, e selects where position will be inserted the page, it can before be, after the page or in the end of the pages;

In the sequence in the numerical field choice in which page will be reference for insertion.

12. Salving in PDF

In the bar of tools click in the icon , that it will open the box of dialogue below shown in the figure:

In this box of dialogue some configurations exist, but to create a simple archive in pdf is not necessary to change all the configurations.

3. It sees below in the figure as to diminish the size of its archive in PDF.

4. In Image Settings click in the option Downsample Image to, in this option you it will be able to diminish the amount of dpi of its images being left them with the resolution lowest and therefore the size of the archive will go to diminish.

Obs.: The reduction of dpi implies in low the quality of its image.

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Marcio Lemos