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Title: Gabarit text area and page number
Post by: soso74 on January 06, 2012, 06:18:07 PM
Hello,

I am new with Scribus and I got into troubles...
I tried to create a gabarit: so I fixed a size for my page (A5), the border (40pt from each border), and I added a text area on this page. But when applying this gabarit to one of my page, there is no text area appearing in the page and I cannot type words inside... although I tried also to create a gabarit with an image on the page and when applying this gabarit this is working fine... So what do I do wrong with the text gabarit?

Also if I want to add automatically page numbers, how can I proceed?

Thanks a lot for your help.
Best,
Soph.


Title: Re: Gabarit text area and page number
Post by: Nermander on January 06, 2012, 08:19:29 PM
Master Pages in Scribus are not editable when applied to a page, they are more like a background for the page.

This might change in the future, but today the best approach is probably to use the scrapbook or use guides and maybe automatic text frames.

/Peter
Title: Re: Gabarit text area and page number
Post by: soso74 on January 07, 2012, 09:02:42 AM
Ah oki.. so I misunderstood the function of gabarit then?
So there is no way to do an automatic page numerotation right?
Thanks!
Title: Re: Gabarit text area and page number
Post by: Nermander on January 07, 2012, 09:17:14 AM
Automatic page numbering works. Put a text frame in the Master Page and enter the special "code" for a page number (it is found in the Insert menu, looks like a # but it is not a regulat so #, just typing a # won't work). I don't remember the keyboard shortcut.