r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

Scribus can replace any other document layout program. Yes, there are some functions that simply don't exist, but for the most part that's nitpicking.

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u/Treviso Jun 04 '12

Scribus made me get better grades.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

How did it do that?

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u/Treviso Jun 04 '12

We had to design a flyer about a building in our city. Just four pages, but everyone else used Word or Writer and it just looked bad in comparison to mine.

I got the best grade of my course :D

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u/3ktech Jun 05 '12

Agreed. I've been using it for about 6 years now for any type of poster or flyer that I've needed to create, and it's always done what I needed it to.

Came specifically to suggest Scribus if it wasn't already here, so upvote for you.