Scribus/C2/Installation-of-Scribus/English
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Title slide |
Welcome to the tutorial on Installation of Scribus. |
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Learning objective |
In this tutorial, we will learn to,
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Learning objective |
* Add a text frame and text
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System Requirements |
To record this tutorial, I am using,
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Pre-requisite |
To follow this tutorial, learner must be familiar with
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Download Link https://www.scribus.net/ |
The official website of Scribus is shown here. |
| Open the web browser and go to https://www.scribus.net/ . | Open a web browser and go to the Scribus website. |
| Click on the menu. | Click on the menu seen on the right. |
| Click on the Get Scribus link on the top menu. | Click on the Get Scribus link on the top menu. |
| Scroll down and cursor on current branch release of 1.5.x . | Scroll down to notice the current branch release of 1.5.x.
When you practice this tutorial, this number may be different. |
| Click on TAKE ME TO THE DOWNLOADS. | Click on TAKE ME TO THE DOWNLOADS.
Though 1.4 is listed as the stable branch, we find the 1.5 is working well. |
| Cursor on current development candidate. | The current development candidate is Scribus 1.5.6.1. |
| Scroll down and show the downloadables for many OS. | Scroll down and notice the downloadables for many operating systems. |
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Download and open Scribus in Windows 10 OS |
Now, let’s download and open Scribus in Windows 10 OS.
Linux users may skip the section on Windows installation. |
| Click on the Windows ,7, 8 or 10 in 64 bits link.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/1.5.6.1/ |
Click on the link seen below the Windows ,7, 8 or 10 in 64 bits.
The page is redirected to the Files section in the Sourceforge website. |
| Scroll down and click on the scribus-1.5.6.1-windows-x64.exe file link. | Scroll down and click on the scribus-1.5.6.1-windows-x64.exe file
link. |
| The page refreshes and after a short while the download starts.
If you get a Save file prompt, save the file to the computer. | |
| Open file manager and notice the Scribus file in the Downloads folder. | Allow the download to complete.
Open File explorer and notice the Scribus file in the Downloads folder. |
| Double click on the icon to open the User Control Prompt.
Choose Yes. |
Double click on the icon to open the User Control Prompt.
Choose Yes to start the installation. |
| Point to the Installer Language prompt window.
Point to English. Click on OK. |
In the Installer Language prompt, I will retain the default English language.
Click on OK. |
| Click on Next in the dialog box | We see a Welcome message.
In the Scribus Setup dialog box, click on Next. |
| Choose the option, I accept the terms of the License Agreement and click on Next again. | Choose the option, I accept the terms of the License Agreement.
Click on Next again. |
| Uncheck the boxes for Desktop shortcut and Shortcuts for All Users.
Click on Next. |
I will uncheck the boxes for Desktop shortcut and Shortcuts for all users.
You may retain them if you desire and click on Next. |
| Cursor on the disk space requirements. | I will retain the default destination folder.
Here, notice the disk space requirements for Scribus installation. |
| Click on Next. | Click on Next to proceed further. |
| Click on Install. | I will retain the default in the next step and click on Install. |
| Point to the Installing files. | Allow the installation process to complete. |
| Uncheck the box for Run Scribus and Show Readme options. | I will uncheck the box for Run Scribus and Show Readme options. |
| Click on Finish to complete the installation. | |
| Press the Windows key on the keyboard. | To open the installed program, first press the Windows key on the keyboard. |
| Type Scribus in the search form notice the Scribus 1.5.6.1 | Type Scribus in the search form and notice the Scribus 1.5.6.1 listed. |
| Select it, then double click. | Select it, then double click or press Enter to open the software interface. |
| Cursor on the new interface. | The software interface opens along with a window.
We will set the parameters for a new document from here. |
| I will explain this part after installing Scribus on Ubuntu OS. | |
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Download and open Scribus in Ubuntu Linux 18.04 OS |
Now, let’s download and open Scribus in Ubuntu Linux 18.04 OS. |
| Point to the browser. | The appimage file for Linux system does not require installation. |
| Click on the file scribus-1.5.6.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage . | Linux users can click on the appimage file to download it. |
| Select Save file option and click on Ok. | The download starts in a short while.
If a save dialogue box opens, Select the Save file option. Click on Ok to download the file. |
| Press Ctrl+Alt+T . | Allow the file download to complete and open a terminal.
The file is saved in the Downloads folder for me. |
| Type, cd Downloads/ and press Enter. | Change directory to downloads folder as seen here. |
| Type, chmod u+x scribus-1.5.6.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage and press Enter. | Change the file mode to an executable file using the chmod command as seen here. |
| Type, ./scribus-1.5.6.1-linux-x86_64.AppImage and press Enter. | Now enter the command as seen to start the program. |
| Cursor on the new interface. | The software interface opens along with a window.
Let us set the parameters for a new document from here. |
| Select Single Page for Document Layout. | Select Single Page for Document Layout. |
| Point to the settings | I will retain the default setting for the rest of the fields. |
| Click on OK. | Click on OK to start a new document. |
| Cursor on the new document. | A blank document opens, where the user can add various types of contents. |
| Cursor on the new document. | Contents can be text, image, tables, shapes or calligraphy. |
| Click on the T icon. | Let’s add a text frame.
Click on the T icon on the top. |
| Place the cursor near the top left of the document. | I will place the cursor near the top left of the document.
Notice the mouse crosshair displays the exact position for X and Y. |
| Cursor on the bottom right and on
View and check the box for Move/Resize value indicator. |
They are also seen at the bottom right of the interface. |
| Left-click at the desired position. | Left-click at the desired position, click and drag, to see a red text frame.
Notice a palm sign, which will allow the text frame to be moved. |
| Double click inside the text box.
Type, My first test inside the text box. |
Double click inside the text box.
I will type, My first text inside it. |
| Click on anywhere outside the box. | Click on anywhere outside the box to disengage or escape from the edit mode. |
| Click inside the textbox and move it in the page and show resize. | Now, the active text box boundary turns black.
Click inside the textbox again to move or resize it. |
| Cursor next to the round handles to resize the box. | Notice the round handles (or nodes) on the corner and edges of the text box.
They are used to resize the size of the text box. |
| Click, hold and move to resize the box. | Place the cursor on a handle (or node) and see a two-direction arrow.
Click, hold the left mouse button and drag to resize the box. I will make the text box a little more wider and narrower. |
| Hover cursor on the rulers on the sides. | Notice the rulers along the length and edge of the document.
You may use this to guide placement and frame size. |
| Click on View, Measurement and hover next to Show rulers. | If you do not see the rulers, click on View and click on Show rulers.
Horizontal and vertical guides can be drawn from the rulers. |
| Place the cursor on the white space in the vertical ruler.
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Place the cursor on the white space on the ruler on the top.
Click, hold and drag it to the canvas to add a guide. |
| Add vertical guide.
Click on the left side ruler, hold and drag the guide to the canvas. |
Similarly, vertical guides can be added from the ruler on the left side.
Click on the left side ruler, hold and drag the guide to the canvas. |
| Click on View, Grids and Guide, Show Grid. | Grids can be added through View and Show Grid in the menu. |
| Press Ctrl+ scroll wheel to adjust zoom level. | To adjust the zoom level press the control key and use the mouse scroll wheel. |
| Click on View and show the zoom options. | You may also use the options under the View menu. |
| Demonstrate to adjust zoom at the bottom menu. | They are also present in the menu bar at the bottom. |
| Click on File, Save. | Choose File, Save to save the work.
The default extension for the document is .sla. |
| Type postcard.sla for filename and choose Desktop folder. | I will give file name, postcard.sla and save in my Desktop folder. |
| Click on Ok. | Click on OK to save the file. |
| Click on File, Quit. | To quit Scribus, go to the File menu and choose Quit. |
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Summary |
Now let’s summarise. In this tutorial, we,
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Summary |
* Added text frame and text
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Assignment |
For assignment activity, please do the following.
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Forum for questions |
* Do you have questions in THIS Spoken Tutorial?
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Forum for specific questions |
* The Spoken Tutorial forum is for specific questions on this tutorial.
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Acknowledgement |
Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by MHRD, Government of India. |
| This is Rani from IIT, Bombay. Thank you for joining. |
