[scribus] Spell check and word processing in Scribus

[John Beardmore]

Sveinn í Felli (IMAP) wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> Like many, I hesitate putting my toes into this pool. From
> my experience in layout/printing I know both of the species
> involved ;)
> The print shops use generally a task-separated and
> specialist workflow and they never touch any text at the
> last moment, even when they're in charge of the layout.
> Then there are the content providers. Some are working more
> ahead, doing books or big brochures; they tend to adhere to
> the same principles. On the other hand there are those
> working on small volume or quick production, say weekly ad
> flyer's. Those guys live, fart and dream inside two
> applications; Photoshop and Illustrator. They'd need spell
> checking, but they would never use a special DTP-only app,
> they use vector illustration software.

No doubt the people you envisage exist, but please don't think these are 
all there are !


> That said, I think spell checking should be an option in
> Scribus, but it will never substitute human proofreading

:)  Agreed but my proofreading will miss whole categories of spelling 
mistake.


Cheers, J/.
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