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==New features and fixes in Scribus 1.5svn==
==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 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.


===Featured Selection===
===Featured Selection===
The development of Scribus 1.6 has been focused on:
* Improving the user interface
* Improving the productivity
* Adding new text based elements


{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white;"
{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white;"
|-
|-valign="top"
|style="width:33%;"|[[File:scribus_16_featured_tables.png]]
Now you can create real tables in Scribus, merge cells, split them.
|style="width:33%;"|[[File:scribus_16_featured_footnotes.png]]
Scribus now supports footnotes and glueing together frames (welding)
|style="width:33%;"|[[File:scribus_16_featured_pdf_export.png]]
PDF export to two new formats : PDF X/1-a and PDF X/4
|-valign="top"
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
EPub export (still in development)
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
Now you can create real tables in Scribus, merge cells, split them.
Better support for dictionaries (hunspell, scribus can load the dictionaries from its server; already in 1.4.2)
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
Scribus now supports footnotes and welding together frames (welding)
All palettes can be docked on the left or right side of the window
|-valign="top"
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
Support for new PDF formats
The new Scripter engine brings a better integration in Scribus and a enhanced API
|-
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
EPub export (still in development)
...
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
|[[File:Example.jpg]]
Better support for dictionnaries (hungspell, scribus can load the dictionaries from its server)
...
|}
|}


=== New tables===
=== 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.
Thanks to [[GSoC_2011_Tables_Proposal Elvis's 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.


{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white; width:100%;"
{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white; width:100%;"
|-
|-valign="top"
|'''Adding rows and columns'''
|style="width:50%;"|'''Adding rows and columns'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
[[File:Example.jpg]]
Now you can easily add new rows and columns to an existing table
Now you can easily add new rows and columns to an existing table
|'''Resize cells'''
|style="width:50%;"|'''Resize cells'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|-
|-valign="top"
|'''Split and merge cells'''
|'''Split and merge cells'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
[[File:Example.jpg]]
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===Footnotes and welded text===
===Footnotes and welded text===


===Improvements to text frames===
{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white; width:100%;"
|-valign="top"
|style="width:50%;"|'''Improvements to the linking tool'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
You can now create new frames while in linking mode and they will be automatically linked. And you can cut a story when unlinking. And click on the overflow box.
|style="width:50%;"|'''Widows and orphans control
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|-valign="top"
|Autofit
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|With a double click on the lower frame handle you can autofit the frame to its content
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|}
===Improvements to the GUI===
{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white; width:100%;"
|-
|style="width:50%;"|'''Dockable palettes'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|style="width:50%;"|'''Master pages merged into the arrange pages palette
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|-valign="top"
|
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|}
===A better integrated and more powerful Scripter===
{|class="wikitable" style="background-color:white; width:100%;"
|-valign="top"
|style="width:50%;"|'''Add menus to the Menus'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
... and also define shortcuts.
|style="width:50%;"|'''Simple use of Qt dialogs'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|-valign="top"
|'''An enhanced API'''
[[File:Example.jpg]]
Object oriented and covers more Scribus features. Since it has become lot easier to to new commands, the goal is to cover all Scribus features in the Scripter API.
|
[[File:Example.jpg]]
|}
==Misc changes and features==
<big>These features could/should also be integrated above:</big>
* 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
* patterns can be used for borders and create fancy borders
* symbols! patterns and symbols can be further edited
* improvements to the outline palette (move up and down, in and out of groups, preview)
==The future==
===Planned features===
===Not fixed bugs===


===Credits===
==Credits==


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

Latest revision as of 15:14, 13 March 2015

Announcement: This page is incomplete
If you can please contribute to it's completion i.e Screenshots and content


@todo: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_hide_the_main_page_title.3F

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.

Featured Selection

The development of Scribus 1.6 has been focused on:

  • Improving the user interface
  • Improving the productivity
  • Adding new text based elements
Scribus 16 featured tables.png

Now you can create real tables in Scribus, merge cells, split them.

Scribus 16 featured footnotes.png

Scribus now supports footnotes and glueing together frames (welding)

Scribus 16 featured pdf export.png

PDF export to two new formats : PDF X/1-a and PDF X/4

File:Example.jpg

EPub export (still in development)

File:Example.jpg

Better support for dictionaries (hunspell, scribus can load the dictionaries from its server; already in 1.4.2)

File:Example.jpg

All palettes can be docked on the left or right side of the window

File:Example.jpg

The new Scripter engine brings a better integration in Scribus and a enhanced API

File:Example.jpg

...

File:Example.jpg

...

Tables

Thanks to GSoC_2011_Tables_Proposal Elvis's 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.

Adding rows and columns

File:Example.jpg

Now you can easily add new rows and columns to an existing table

Resize cells

File:Example.jpg

Split and merge cells

File:Example.jpg

Fit the table to the frame

File:Example.jpg

Footnotes and welded text

Improvements to text frames

Improvements to the linking tool

File:Example.jpg You can now create new frames while in linking mode and they will be automatically linked. And you can cut a story when unlinking. And click on the overflow box.

Widows and orphans control

File:Example.jpg

Autofit

File:Example.jpg

With a double click on the lower frame handle you can autofit the frame to its content

File:Example.jpg

Improvements to the GUI

Dockable palettes

File:Example.jpg

Master pages merged into the arrange pages palette

File:Example.jpg

File:Example.jpg

File:Example.jpg

A better integrated and more powerful Scripter

Add menus to the Menus

File:Example.jpg ... and also define shortcuts.

Simple use of Qt dialogs

File:Example.jpg

An enhanced API

File:Example.jpg Object oriented and covers more Scribus features. Since it has become lot easier to to new commands, the goal is to cover all Scribus features in the Scripter API.

File:Example.jpg

Misc changes and features

These 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
  • patterns can be used for borders and create fancy borders
  • symbols! patterns and symbols can be further edited
  • improvements to the outline palette (move up and down, in and out of groups, preview)

The future

Planned features

Not fixed bugs

Credits

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

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