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3.11 Help
Using the Help Browser
The Help browser included with Scribus, has some features which are different from a regular web browser:
- It cannot access outside links, but you can copy and paste addresses.
- The hints special pop up links which define a term or provide supplementary info on a subject only work in the Help browser.
- Alt+Left Arrow goes back. Atl+Right Arrow goes forward.
- You can, if you wish open the help files with a regular browser. Simply navigate to the /usr/local/libs/scribus/docs/en directory with your preferred browser. All of the documents are carefully written to be XHTML 1.1, XHTML 1.0 or HTML 4.01 compliant, so they should display properly with any modern browser. There are some non-conforming code, to better display content in the help browser however.
- You can also, if you wish assign a keyboard shortcut in the Edit > Preferences panel.
About Scribus / About Scripter / About Hyphenator
Displays version info about Scribus, the authors and translators. The arrow in the picture below indicates the build version and installed libraries when Scribus was compiled. Please send these details, along with your distro version when reporting bugs or installation problems to either the scribus mailing list or to the developers. Note: If you are using a cvs version of Scribus, please also include the build date, as well
The F-C-C-T equates to F=Freetype C=CUPS C=littlecms T=TIFF support.
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About Qt
Displays the version information about the Qt libraries. Scribus currently needs to have a version greater than 3.0.5+. (3.1.2+ recommended) You should check to make sure not only the run time libraries, but that also the Qt-devel is installed. If you are compiling Qt, you must have threading compiled in as an option or Scribus will not compile.
Tool-Tips
Allows you to switch Tool-Tips on or off. . Since 0.8+ all tools and icons have corresponding tool tips.
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