What is the best open source alternative to indesign
I need a reliable open source alternative to indesign.
It will need to be able to import, export and edit indesign files
Needs to run on Vista!!!
It will need to be able to import, export and edit indesign files
Needs to run on Vista!!!
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Scribus is my recommendation as well. Far more powerful publishing tool than anything in Openoffice. Probably somewhat more powerful than Microsoft Publisher, but not in league with Indesign yet.
I don't know of any DTP application other than Indesign that will allow you much flexibility with Indesign files.
I don't know of any DTP application other than Indesign that will allow you much flexibility with Indesign files.
There is no open source alternative to Adobe InDesign that can use the native InDesign file format. Same goes for Quark Xpress, Aldus (now Adobe) PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, Multi-Ad Creator, et al.
Perhaps you can attack it from another angle: What are your needs for design software?
Perhaps you can attack it from another angle: What are your needs for design software?
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I needed to edit a template created in Indesign seeing as there was nothing that really worked I ended up downloading a trail of Indesign and exporting the template.
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