Downloaded this Open Source Desktop Publishing software, Scribus, for making a few neat pdf files. This is a wonderful product though on first use it didnt seem intuitive at all. To quote from its help manual..."First time users of page layout applications like Scribus can find starting out quite frustrating. The interface seems approachable and familiar enough, but when you make your beginning steps things often do not quite work as expected. Do not make the mistake of launching Scribus, opening a new document and expect to start typing. Making the most of an application like Scribus, requires a bit of understanding of the concepts of "workflow" in the page layout world. It might seem a bit arcane at first, but will pay off in the end."
It is a great tool for people to get acquainted wiht Desktop Publishing. This lead me to thinking about PDF and what was the need that spurred its evolution. It turns out that John Warncock had outlied it in his papaer "The Camelot Project"
To know more about whats happening with the PDF, these blogs are great Jim King's Blog, Adobe Developer Connection
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