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[alexseanchai]

HOKAY SO installed Scribus. Was gonna play around with it and try to get the feel of it, and work on Alexeigynaix to boot (this is the Me Show zine that is probably going to last exactly one issue, that being the final portfolio for my Queer Studies class; also I nabbed the Dreamwidth handle, because of reasons). But one of the things the Scribus people say in the Getting Started documentation is the content all needs to be 100% done before the layout is started, because changing a short word to a long one or vice versa could fuck up margins and spacing and everything.

I guess I'm going to be working on content for Alexeigynaix then! Such a hardship, right?

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[lynnoconnacht]

Also, be sure to put in something visible to indicate where you want formatting such as italics or bold if you use those because Scribus strips out all the formatting and good luck finding everything if you don't have easy-to-spot placeholders for it.

I can't recall if they say that in the documentation, but if not it is useful and important to know before you start importing content. Also, if you change things, you can probably fiddle to get the layout back how you want it but you would likely have to redo EVERYTHING about the layout you're using, so it's not recommended.

[lynnoconnacht]

(I'm sorry. I'm failing at not flailing at you excitedly, apparently.)

[alexseanchai]

:p f[l]ail away!

[alexseanchai]

Thank you for the heads-up!

[lynnoconnacht]

You're welcome! ^_^ (And you're fast. XD Good thing I'd opted to reply to myself rather than edit.)

Good luck with it!

[alexseanchai]

Thanks.