** Lisi <hantslug@???> [2010-03-22 17:49]:
> 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. :-(.
** end quote [Lisi]
I've just come across this app:
http://kde.linux-life.net/3/apps/kreetingkard/
for KDE, or enough of KDE to get it working. Unfortunately it doesn't look as
though it has been touched for about 5 years. May be worth a look though.
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