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Scribus for Mac

Scribus 1.4.3

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    Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Scribus 1.4.3.


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What's new in this version:

- [Scripter] Startup Script field in Preference Dialog not functioning (jghali) - resolved.
- [Scripter] scripter's createMasterPage() documentation is incorrect (jghali) - resolved.
- [Plug-ins] Addition to scribus-short-words.rc (jghali) - resolved.
- [Graphics / Image Frames] Popup windows misbehave in Unity (jghali) - resolved.
- [Graphics / Image Frames] Unselected frame outline no longer visible after upgrade to 1.4.2 (jghali) - resolved.
- [Translation] Danish Translation (jghali) - closed.
- [Translation] German TS Update for 1.4.3 (jghali) - closed.
- [Canvas] incorrect measurement unit in guide prefs (jghali) - closed.
- [Translation] Hungarian translation update for 1.4.3 release (jghali) - closed.
- [Graphics / Image Frames] crash when inserting image frame in masterpage mode (jghali) - closed.
- [User Interface] "Open Existing Document" greyed out after cancelling it once (jghali) - closed.
- [User Interface] Selecting all fonts via Ctrl+A and deleting them in the font substitution dialog doesn't work (jghali) - closed.
- [Usability] Latex Render frames fails with documents larger than a4 (jghali) - closed.
- [Translation] Galician translation update (jghali) - closed.
- [Fonts] Convert Text to Outlines disrupts text position if modified (jghali) - closed.
- [Haiku] Return in a text frame doesn't add a new paragraph (jghali) - closed.
- [Translation] Polish translation update for Scribus 1.4.3 (jghali) - closed.
- [Graphics / Image Frames] [PATCH] Explain my hack to avoid importing from HTML the embedded images as text (jghali) - closed.
- [General] [PATCH] Add QR Code Option to Barcode Plugin (jghali) - closed.
- [Translation] Minor translation improvement for 1.4.3 (jghali) - closed.
- [Story Editor / Text Frames] Problem in hyphenation. (jghali) - closed.
- [Build System] Remove aspell plugin from build system as it does not work anyway (cbradney) - closed.
- [Documentation] First doc update for 1.4.3 (gpittman) - closed.
- [Documentation] Second doc update for 1.4.3 (gpittman) - closed.
- [Build System] Scribus patch for Haiku (operating system) (cbradney) - closed.
- [Build System] Make CUPS optional (cbradney) - closed.
- [User Interface] Using the Tab keys seems like a lottery in the Align & Distribute dialog (jghali) - closed.
- [User Interface] File open dialog broken when pressing Escape (jghali) - closed.
- [Scrapbook] scrapbook file with new line is not possible to insert (jghali) - closed.
- [Color Management] Inaccurate on screen gradient display (fschmid) - closed.
- [PDF] PDF checker dont activate correct layer on frame selection. (fschmid) - closed.
- [General] rules show wrong values for unit 'cm' (jghali) - closed.
- [General] wrong unit conversion for gradient vector (linear and radial) (jghali) - closed.
- [-] update the use of PIL to support Pillow (jghali) - closed.
- [Documentation] About box displays outdated texts or none (cbradney) - closed.
- [Build System] 1.4.2 doesn't compile on linux without CUPS (jghali) - closed.
- [General] Insert Bezier Curve makes application crash (jghali) - closed.
- [General] Broken list of language entries in the Hyphenator settings (jghali) - closed.