On 22 March 2010 17:44, Lisi <hantslug@???> wrote:
> On Monday 22 March 2010 16:44:01 Paul Tansom wrote:
>> ** Edward Beckmann <edward.beckmann@???> [2010-03-22 16:00]:
>> > Of the many buggy and naff programmes my Mum used to use on windows, card
>> > makers were some of them.
>> >
>> > As she is not savvy enough to just use open office to insert and rotate
>> > images, does anyone know of a very simple linux program or templates? I
>> > have had a quick look but only found one (free greeting card maker
>> > 1.9.*), which has really low ratings.
>> >
>> > I find them naff, but simpler to explain to a 79-year-old than DIY
>> > documents.
>>
>> ** end quote [Edward Beckmann]
>>
>> I'm not aware of one, but that's not to say there isn't. My mum used to use
>> MS Publisher that came with the old (well, new at the time) Dell my parents
>> had, so is there a template that would make things easy for Scribus? I
>> don't have a machine with Scribus on to hand to check, but I would have
>> thought one could be created.
>
> OpenOffice.org definitely has some.
> http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=openoffice.org+greetings+card+template&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=af53484c05009a1c
>
> in case the horrendously long hyperlink does not make it through the email
> system, the search terms I used in Google were:
> openoffice.org greetings card template
>
> I apologise for my incompetence with long URLs. I know what I am supposed to
> do, it is just that I have never succeeded in doing it. :-(.
>
> HTH
> Lisi
>
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You can use goo.gl to shorten google results. I use it as a chrome extension.
Your link above can be shortened to
http://goo.gl/yj4h
Thanks
John
