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* [http://ghostscript.com/doc/AFPL/index.htm Ghostscript 8.53] or newer required for EPS,PS import and printing.
* [http://ghostscript.com/doc/AFPL/index.htm Ghostscript 8.53] or newer required for EPS,PS import and printing.
* When you first run scribus, you must go to Edit>Preferences>External Tools and change "name of executable" to wherever you have installed ghostscript to.  You must choose the "gswin32c.exe" verion for scribus to run!  For example, set it to:  "C:/Program Files/gs/gs8.53/bin/gswin32c.exe"
** When you first run scribus, you must go to Edit>Preferences>External Tools and change "name of executable" to wherever you have installed ghostscript to.  You must choose the "gswin32c.exe" verion for scribus to run!  For example, set it to:  "C:/Program Files/gs/gs8.53/bin/gswin32c.exe"


* Windows 2000 requires [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en additional GDI+ library] from Microsoft
* Windows 2000 requires [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a63ab9c-df12-4d41-933c-be590feaa05a&DisplayLang=en additional GDI+ library] from Microsoft


* See [http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=readme-win32 Scribus on Windows - Read Me] at the online documentation site.
* See [http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=readme-win32 Scribus on Windows - Read Me] at the online documentation site.

Revision as of 18:50, 15 March 2006

Native version of Scribus for Win32 as of 26 Jan 2006

Native Windows version release information

  • First native Windows release in version 1.3.2 as announced in the official site
  • http://windows.scribus.net -- See this page first for all the important install info on the native Windows version.
    • This is untested and unsupported for Win95, Win98 or WinME - Only Windows 2000 or XP
    • With the release of 1.3.2, help documentation from docs.scribus.net has been integrated with the main package across all platforms.

Note

  • Ghostscript 8.53 or newer required for EPS,PS import and printing.
    • When you first run scribus, you must go to Edit>Preferences>External Tools and change "name of executable" to wherever you have installed ghostscript to. You must choose the "gswin32c.exe" verion for scribus to run! For example, set it to: "C:/Program Files/gs/gs8.53/bin/gswin32c.exe"