Scribus 1.1.7 released

The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.1.7.
The 1.1.7 release is the most stable, feature complete version to date.
This release is mostly a bug fix release intended to allow more
extensive testing of the new features recently added for the upcoming
release of a stable 1.2 Scribus. Although, marked a developer's release,
the Scribus team urges all users and distros to use this latest release.

The Scribus Team is also pleased to be chosen by Trolltech
[http://www.trolltech.com] as one of their "Cool Applications". We on
the Scribus Team are honored to be recognized as such and appreciate the
recognition. 

Major Changes and new features since the release of Version 1.1.6:
 
Scribus has a new improved EPS (Encapsulated PostScript),PS (PostScript)
importer. Scribus can import EPS and PS files as vector or postscript
outlines, which can then be edited as native Scribus objects. This uses
Ghostscript as a helper app and we recommend all users install the
latest version of Ghostscript available for their distro for best
results. 
New Gradient Creation and Import features - Scribus now offers
multi-colored gradients, as well as Free Linear and Free Radial
Gradients. In particular, importing SVG files from Inkscape SVG is
dramatically improved. 
All known Crash Bugs fixed.
 
Several dozens of UI improvements and bug fixes.
 
There is a new Ruler Tool for setting Tabs and Indents. Tabs and Indents
are shown per text frame.
 
Updates to the Czech,Danish,German,Finnish, French,Polish,Ukrainian and
Welsh translations.
 
New Splash Screen and Icons
 
Added "Insert Lorem Ipsum" for sample text in frames.
 
Added a frame independent baseline setting for text frames. This allows
baseline alignments for multi-column text.
 
Improved navigation/panning with mice and mouse wheels.
 
A new Settings Menu. All application settings are easily reached.
 
A new translation, Basque, has been added. Scribus now is translated
into 25 languages.
 

About Scribus:

 

Scribus is a GPL desktop publishing (DTP) program primarily developed on
Linux, but runs on most Unix platforms, as well as MacOSX. It is
designed to be both user friendly and powerful for advanced users with
powerful press-ready PDF export including advanced PDF 1.4 features.
Scribus supports Unicode text and fonts including right to left scripts,
CMYK color, color separations including ICC color managed previews of
images and embedding ICC profiles in PDF documents for accurate screen
to print color. Scribus is the first open source application to feature
full ICC color management with littlecms. Scribus was the first DTP
application to directly export fully conforming PDF/X-3, a demanding ISO
standard for creating "press ready" PDFs.
 

About The Scribus Team:

The Scribus Team, led by Franz Schmid, is comprised of experienced (avg.
age 36) pre-press, IT and programming professionals dedicated to making
Scribus a user friendly, but professional level DTP application. 

Main Scribus Web Site: http://www.scribus.net

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