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Computer Woes ... Again

See that wonky-looking stuff on the right of the screen? That's what my iMac is doing these days. All in all, I can't complain. I bought it in 2006, so I got seven good years out of it.

I was in the middle of my twice-yearly freelance project when it started this, and at first, rebooting would get rid of it for a little bit. Not so much now.

I want to buy a new computer, but I won't. I have a laptop that works fine but runs much, much slower. I'm in the process of transferring all of my necessary files to flash drives.

Scribus Update

I had mentioned in a previous post that I was going to use Scribus as I worked on my freelance project this time to see how well it worked. I knew my computer's days were numbered, and rather than buy Adobe InDesign again (which I'd have to do because CS2, the Creative Suite version I have, will not work on a new operating system) I thought I'd see what my other options were.

Well, it was slow going key commands, entering text and other features don't work the way InDesign does. I was getting it, but not very quickly. With the deadline for my freelance project approaching, I had to abandong Scribus and head on back over to InDesign. Between now and when the project comes around again, I want to really work with Scribus and see if it's what I want to use.
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