Scribus Video Tutorials

=Introduction= These are links to several tutorials for Scribus. Skill Levels range from beginner to more advanced uses of Scribus. They are distributed in Theora format. Please check the list of Theora players for a player suitable for your platform.

=Video Tutorials=

Getting Started with Scribus
Getting Started with Scribus is a series of video tutorials in the English Language describing Scribus by way of creating a library newsletter from scratch. They cover how to use text and image areas, as well as stylesheets, and the powerful story editor. Other topics include the using the preflight verifier, and a demo of how to create PDF documents.

Main Site

 * http://decafbad.net/projects/scribus-tutorial/

Mirror Site

 * http://www.archive.org/download/scribus_tutorial_video/scribus_tutorial_part1.ogg
 * http://www.archive.org/download/scribus_tutorial_video/scribus_tutorial_part2.ogg
 * http://www.archive.org/download/scribus_tutorial_video/scribus_tutorial_part3.ogg

Frequently Asked Questions
These are a new series of tutorials for various common tasks in Scribus. Please note these were created using Scribus 1.3.3.9cvs or later.

Three ways to apply styles

 * 1) Properties palette
 * 2) Story Editor
 * 3) Get Text... Filters


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/applying_styles.ogg

Creating bullet lists
(while waiting for the proper implementation)


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/bullets.ogg

Additional space between an image frame and the text
How can one have some additional space between an image frame and the text flowing around it.


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/contour_line.ogg

Drop caps, baseline, text frame columns
Creating and customizing a drop cap. Also introduces baseline and text frame columns.


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/drop_cap.ogg

Object frame border
Creating and customizing a border for an object frame.


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/frame_border.ogg

Text frames, polygons, linking text frames and polygons, text overflow
Creating text frames, polygons (with a star shape) linking text from a text frame to polygons (converting polygons to text frames). Text overflow.


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/linking_text-frames_and_polygons.ogg

Creating a three fold document using Manage Guides dialog

 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/new_doc_tri-fold.ogg

Page numbers, sections
Adding page numbers to a document and customizing sections using Document Setup>Sections


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/page_numbers.ogg

Converting text to outlines and to image frames
Converting text to outlines and then to image frames and creating a cool effect using content>paste absolute.


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/text_effect_01.ogg

Basic text effects
Basic text effects using Properties palette's Text page


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/text_effect_02.ogg

Text on path
Attaching text to a path and customizing the path and fine tuning the text after it has been attached.


 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/text_on_path.ogg

Creating a table of content

 * http://www.saunalahti.fi/rikle/scribus-vids/toc.ogg
 * http://linux.hanski.info/static/scribus_promotion/movies/toc/TOC_howto.htm