RISC OS User Group Of London
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Welcome to RISC OS User Group Of London |
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ABOUT ROUGOL
ROUGOL is a not-for-profit organisation consisting of Acorn/RISC OS computer users in London and the south-east. Our aim is to bring those users together. There is no membership fee and entry to all meetings is free. To find out more, email us.
MEETINGS
Meetings are held on the third Monday of every month. Most meetings feature a guest speaker, demonstrating the latest hardware or software, giving tutorials of software both new and old, or simply to kick off discussions on the current hot topic. Entrance is free, so why not come along and say hello?
Next meeting -
Monday 15th September 2025 
Book Publishing with Ovation Pro - Gavin Crawford
Joining us this month is Gavin Crawford, a seasoned graphic artist and designer. He'll be showcasing his mastery of Ovation Pro, the powerful desktop publishing software he uses to create a wide range of publications from full-colour printed books to digital PDFs and eBooks.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at his process, including a demonstration of his custom applets - add-ons he developed to streamline his workflow. He's not just here to show off though; Gavin will be sharing valuable tips and tricks for other Ovation Pro users, especially now that the software is freely available.
Gavin and his wife, Susan - a knitwear designer and fashion historian, run their company from the heart of the English Lake District, where they publish knitting books and patterns under the Susan Crawford Vintage imprint, and run their own dye-house, Assa Marra Wool Studio, to produce a range of hand-dyed knitting yarns.
Gavin's journey with publishing started long before modern DTP. With over 40 years of experience in printing and publishing, he began in his family's printing company in 1985, where artwork was still created by hand on a drawing board. His love for Acorn computers led him to introduce BBC Micros to the business to run the customer database and invoicing system he wrote. A few years later, this was to be updated to an A4000 but after seeing the powerful artistic potential of Draw, he claimed the machine for the art department, but soon after upgraded to a RiscPC 600. By the end of 1994, all artwork was created digitally using RISC OS.
This deep technical expertise has been a cornerstone of his career. From overseeing a 3600dpi imagesetter to configuring Xerox digital presses, Gavin has spent decades making sure that RISC OS machines could seamlessly communicate with high-end print equipment.
Future Meetings 
15 Sep: Book Publishing with Ovation Pro, Gavin Crawford
20 Oct: RISCOSbits pre-show teaser
17 Nov: Pyromaniac update, Gerph
15 Dec: Acorn biography, Rob Napier
If there is a topic you would like to see covered at a future meeting, or (even better!) if there is a
subject you would like to talk about, please contact us.
London Show
The next RISC OS London Show will take place on Saturday 25th October 2025.
Recent Meetings
August: Networking Elite, Mark Moxon
July: New 5tuff, Andrew Rawnsley, R-Comp
June: Everything I did at Acorn, Hugo Tyson
May: ARM anniversary chat, Bryan Hogan
April: Drag n Drop, Chris Dewhurst
March: Pre-show fireside chat, Richard Brown, RISC OS Dev
February: Copro copro-cabana, Rob Sprowson
January: T-Wimp, Graeme Shrimpton
Click here for a full index of past meetings, reports etc...
If you see a topic that hasn't been covered for a while that you think
needs revisiting, please let us know.