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gonzonovelist

I'm wondering why my copy of Scribus doesn't allow me the insert>character>page number function. Everything on the insert menu from character down is greyed out. I have Ghostscript. Is there a plug in I'm missing for this functionality? I'm running the program on a dual boot computer: Linux Mint 20 on one side, Windows 7 on the other. The computer is an Acer Aspire E15 with AMD A8 quad core processor.

Need an answer ASAP as I'm preparing a book for publication with this software.

Thanks,
Jerry

utnik

hi jerry

you need to be in edit mode in a text frame to insert any character.

utnik

gonzonovelist

Hey, thanks a lot!
Is there a way to adjust the amount of space the program throws between lines? Mine seems to be double spacing and I want single space or tighter.

utnik

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hi jerry

there are different possible settings (depending on the way you format your text).

  • you can define a 'fixed line spacing'.
  • you can set the text on a 'baseline grid' (to be defined in 'document setup')
  • you can let scribus set the text with 'automatic linespacing'
  • you may select one of those methods either in frame (via 'text properties') or as a part of the definition of a 'paragraph style'.
you might like to look into this good scribus manual.

utnik

gonzonovelist

Perfect. Thanks again and sorry about the newbie questions. Thanks for the manual link, just what i needed. Seems like a better resource than the wiki.