(image by Andreas Nilsson - http://ramnet.se/~nisse/blog/?p=23)

Scribus with a new look. Below are the first screenshots of Scribus using the cross platform icons from the Tango Project.

"Tango exists to help create a consistent graphical user interface experience for free and Open Source software."

First set up the dimensions with some guides to help in the process.

For 8.5 x 11 size paper:

1. Create new document (8.5 x 11 inches and .5 inch margins, default unit *inches*)
2. Page -> Manage guides:
3. Add Horiz. Guides at 0.5, 2.5, 4.5
4. Add Vert. Guides at 0.5, 4.0, 4.5, 8.0
5. View -> show guides
6. Page -> snap to guides
7. Insert shape (rectangle) to fit in upper left area sized for a typical 2x3.5 inch business card, and resize so that it fills entire region bounded by the guide.
8. Now design your card within that region.
9. Group all the elements of the card together as a single unit.
10. <uncheck> Page -> Snap to Guides
11. Select the business card
12. Item -> Multiple duplicate -> No. copies = 1, Horiz shift = 3.50, Vert. Shift = 0.00
13. Select the top row and multiple duplicate vertically to fill the page.
14. Item -> Multiple duplicate -> No. copies = 4, Horiz shift = 0.00, Vert. Shift = 2.00
15. Done.

• Produce a document using 2 (or more) colours.
• Remove the unused colours using the colour manager.

• Save and export to pdf for reference.
• Open the file and change one of the used colours to white, using the colour manager. (remove, and assign white when asked)