1.6-new-features-and-fixes

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New features and fixes in Scribus 1.5svn
This page gives you a rundown of the new features in the next release of Scribus (version 1.5svn)

This document is a working progress and will be finalized short before the release of Scribus 1.6.

Tables
Thanks to Elvis GSOC 2011 project and the improvements by Craig, Jean and Franz Scribus now has Tables that works in a similar way as you're used in word processors.

Misc changes and features
This features could/should also be integrated above:
 * Symbols (linked scrapbook elements)
 * Clean up of the preferences dialog
 * Support for new PDF standards
 * Reading (importing?) PDFs.
 * A git repository for easier contributions
 * The undo should now apply to all tasks.
 * IDML import (Just a small note regarding the scrapbook, you can already use the scrapbook with your idml/idms files, just open a new tab pointing to the folder where the files are stored)
 * advanced gradients and mesh gradients
 * PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-4 exporting

Credits
This page has been heavily inspired by http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-5-new-features-and-fixes/