Portable Scribus

If creating magazines or other such printable media is your game, then Scribus is probably a name you might have heard before. If you thought that particular app was a cool choice when it comes to professionally managing and creating these media products, then Portable Scribus, with its added lightweight and non-system-bindable qualities, will win you even more.

The menu might seem a tad simple. It's not stylish at all and won't really win a lot of awards or too much recognition in the aesthetic department. Still, the neat arrangement of all tools and drop-down lists does bring order and clarity to where what tools or function might be situated.

The added ruler and measure devices are exactly what a newsletter, card, or magazine designer needs when developing these products. As far as saving formats are concerned, you need not worry since there are plenty of options including EPS, PDF, SVG, or XPS, to name just a few.

While the app does allow users to create their own projects, for those in a hurry there are a couple of templates to choose from. These already created guidelines for crating various media products, brochures, business cards, books, and whatnot, are lifesavers for projects that should have been finished yesterday.

Recent documents as well as existing documents can easily be tracked down and opened for further adjustments. All it takes is for the user to allocate the necessary time to find the files themselves.

Portable Scribus is like its installable counterpart a great open-source solution for editing various media products without having to spend lots of money for a few functions that will help you complete projects somewhat faster, with the obvious added benefit of being easy to carry on a stick for rapid deployment.