Of course the best part its free and they are always updating the program. I can even show the bleed area on the page, something I could never do in Word. Its a good program, yes there is a learning curve but it does all I want for text and images. Roger: I started with Microsoft Word but have moved onto Scribus. I like th Word product, for obvious reasons which you identify, but the size of my files is a problem. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks, Bill Now I am getting to create a second edition of one of the books, and I need to be mindful of the size of the section files. How should I handle the large files? When I combined the sections, the manuscript had to be compressed. But perhaps most important of all is to optimize them in Photoshop before importing them into your page layout doc.īill: Joel, Stephen, or anyone who can help me, I have written/published three books on golf and golf courses. I used Word exclusively. I was able to accept the layout compromises and the limitations of image manipulation, and I am satisfied with the products. There are pictures on every page which leads to very large files and the reason for my question. Several times as the files got over 300 KB, the program crashed, and I split the book into sections based on the size of the file. Then, too, when exporting (or distilling) a PDF for the printer–we don’t generally send InDy orvQuark files out to printers anymore–there are some options for optimizing graphic files for the purpose of bringing their sizes down. When you use Quark or InDesign there are Book options that allow you to do each chapter separately, keeping files sizes more manageable, and then joining them in a Book folder. For one thing, it’s a word processor, not a page layout program. So it’s tools on not designed to optimize all the elements that go into a book. First off, Word is not a viable tool for professional book design and layout. Stephen: I’m presuming that you’re speaking of print versions of your books.
Here are some of the pain points and advice from a blog by Joel: In order to get a macro view of the writing landscape, I took a glimpse of what other writers ran into and felt about what tool they were using. Choosing software.Other writers experience!
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