Just below the Options section is an Automatic Text Frames check box.

You can also set the number of pages in your document, although it's fine to start with one-you can easily add more pages later. If you prefer to work in inches, centimeters, or millimeters, you can specify this in the Default Unit drop-down menu, in the Options area. As you read in Chapter 4, computers have standardized the point as 1/72 of an inch.

In common with other true DTP software, this is a holdover from hot-metal printing, where typesetters were familiar with both fonts and little pieces of lead spacing made in point sizes. Notice that the Width and Height properties specified for the page look unusually large this is because Scribus defaults to measuring in points. In the middle of the New Document dialog are settings for page size and orientation, and margin guides. For leaflets, you may choose 3-Fold or 4-Fold. Single-sided layout is fine for a poster but for a book or newspaper, select Double Sided in the Document Layout pane at left. Running Scribus for the first time opens the New Document dialog. By default, Scribus opens with a New Document dialog window, with settings for a single page document and tabs for opening existing or recent documents (see Figure 7-2). Some other GNU/Linux distributions place Scribus on the Office menu, although as you've read, a true DTP application is different from an office suite's word processor or wizard-led publishing tool. In Ubuntu, open Scribus from the Applications > Graphics menu in GNOME.

Choosing a scribus download