<p>I have that book, am a beginner, and find it helpful.</p>
<p>--<br>
Ken</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 2, 2011 9:04 PM, "Duleep Samuel" <<a href="mailto:dksamuel@gmail.com">dksamuel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Dear Tzipora, using a DTP is really serious work, can I suggest that<br>
> you use a good book, like Scribus 1.3.5: Beginner's Guide by Cedric<br>> Gemy <a href="https://www.packtpub.com/scribus-1-3-5-beginners-guide/book">https://www.packtpub.com/scribus-1-3-5-beginners-guide/book</a>, (I<br>
> am not the author) I have used the book and it helped me immensely in<br>> answering such questions, with regards, Samuel, Bangalore, India<br>> <br>> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Margaret and George McIntosh<br>
> <<a href="mailto:tenbear@myfairpoint.net">tenbear@myfairpoint.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> On 1 Jan 2011 at 12:20, Scribus User Mailing List wrote:<br>>><br>>>> On 1 Jan 2011 at 19:02, Tzipora Ne'eman wrote:<br>
>>><br>>>> > I'm a mac user, OS 10.6.5 and I've downloaded Scribus. I tried<br>>>> to<br>>>> > import some text from Word to use in Scribus and can't do it.<br>>>> ><br>
>>> > Any suggestions?<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Also, is there a Mac version of the manual for beginners?<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Thanks,<br>>>> ><br>>>> > Tzipora<br>
>>><br>>> There are many ways to place text in Scribus. Here is one way.<br>>><br>>> 1. Make a large text frame<br>>> 2. Right click inside the text frame.<br>>> 3. Click on "Get Text" in the window that appears.<br>
>> 4. Select the .txt file you want to get. The file name should appear in the File Name<br>>> box. Click on OK. The first part of the text should appear in the frame.<br>>> 5. Since you are importing many pages of text you will have to place text frames on<br>
>> other pages and link the frames so the text flows to the other frames.<br>>><br>>> Good luck<br>>><br>>> George<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> scribus mailing list<br>
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