Scribus Video Tutorials

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This article is part of the HOWTOs series.
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Introduction

This page includes a link to 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

Creating bullet lists

(while waiting for the proper implementation)


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.

Drop caps, baseline, text frame columns

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

Object frame border

Creating and customizing a border for an object frame.

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.


Creating a three fold document using Manage Guides dialog

Page numbers, sections

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

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.

Basic text effects

Basic text effects using Properties palette's Text page


Text on path

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

Creating a table of content