[scribus] Three questions and a suggestion

[john Culleton]

On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:07:53 +0200
"Ian \"Witty\" Whitfield" <editor at federalsaints.net> wrote:

> On 17/09/2011 16:34, John Culleton wrote:
> > If your document is intended for web reading then setting up Scribus
> > that way will significantly reduce the file size.
> Thanks John but what way are you talking about?? (Maybe Jan's post
> but his comes AFTER yours??)
> 
> I produce using Scribus 1.4.0 RC5, My number of pages are between 30
> and 50 each month with photos, and it is A4 size in colour. My 'Max
> Image Resolution' is set to 100dpi and my Compression Method is set
> to 'Automatic' and Quality to 'Maximum'.
> 
> Last month's issue came out at around 30Mb - after the 'pdftops' & 
> 'ps2pdf' conversion the file size was just under 3Mb!! This is what
> is available for the Members to download from my Server. (Many of the 
> Members are in Africa where Bandwith is a problem and Net speed
> dismal!!)
> 
> Thanks to John and Jan!!
> 
> Ian Whitfield
> Pretoria
> 
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If your document is intended for web viewing, when you export it to
pdf, click on the color tab and choose web instead of print. This may
strip it down somewhat. I would also cut all images down to 72 dpi.

-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html