A Freebie Alternative to Microsoft Publisher

If you are in business, these hard economic times mean you are looking to cut costs. Open source software is a good way to do that. With open source freeware there is no price tag, and many people are opting free these days!

Perhaps you are needing to make flyers and brochures, but don't want to put out the money for Microsoft Publisher. Scribus is worth a try. It's a small 21 mb download, but it is still a fully functioning desktop publisher.

Scribus comes with a small font package and five templates. The thing I really like about it is that it doesn't weight your system down. Replacing Publisher with Scribus is a smart move if you want to speed up your computer.

You can download Scribus from here: http://www.scribus.net/?q=windows_download. It's available for Mac too. There is a manual that you can download to learn how to use the program, but I didn't need it to start out. It's pretty easy to catch on.

Good luck with Scribus and with your business too!