We have discussed the weakness of Scribus in editing text—especially the lack of an undo option. Generally, you will get the text from someone who will use a text processor, or may be simply a text editor. If you work alone, it can be a good idea to do so. It makes it easier in the end to separate graphical ideas from the content and to eventually begin a new document from scratch.
People who use text processors use styles everyday—sometimes without noticing it. In OpenOffice.org Writer, paragraphs styles are displayed in the first list of the Formatting toolbar. They are also available in the Style window, where character styles, page styles, and picture styles are stored too.
When using Scribus combined with OpenOffice.org Writer, you will be able to import paragraph styles when you import your text. This is very useful. If styles are correctly applied in the original document, you'll just need to edit them within Scribus and set them nicely. If you use Microsoft...