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#11
Beginner Talk / Re: Want to Get Rid of PDF Tex...
Last post by AdmFubar - July 03, 2025, 08:47:41 PM
There is a lil trick to doing this!  Double click the input field *, you should get a window that opens with the attributes for editing the box. :)

now for the weird part.. YMMV on this...

Once I edited one box they all became invisible.. which is a nice surprise as editing 106 of thise manually would be tedious

One additional note... i did  this in 1.7

*You can also single click the frame to select, the right click, in the popup menu look for PDF Properties, then Field Properties,
#12
Layout Issues / Help with text spacing / runar...
Last post by pstjmack - July 03, 2025, 09:42:31 AM
Apologies for asking for help on such a basic topic, but I've been beating my head against it for weeks and going through the documentation, without finding a solution.

I have a two-column document in process with a number of text and image frames. I am trying to create a consistent space around the frames with text flow, so that the surrounding text does not come too close to the borders of the frames. This is not a complex layout matter - the frames are either one or two columns wide, and there are no fancy image shapes for the main body text to wrap around.

How can I do this? Where is the setting? In "Shape"? Is there some generic text and image frame style to do this? Is the correct term for this "runaround" - or should I be looking for something else?

The document is basically complete aside from this annoying niggle. Please help! Thanks!
#13
Beginner Talk / Re: Want to Get Rid of PDF Tex...
Last post by SlayerDragonwing - July 03, 2025, 07:45:43 AM
Here it is, along with the Scribus file. I had to add them to .zip files since they were just too big to attach on their own.
#14
Beginner Talk / Re: Want to Get Rid of PDF Tex...
Last post by AdmFubar - July 03, 2025, 03:56:32 AM
post a sample pdf here. I want to take a look at it.
#15
General Discussion / Re: small .sla file takes 7 m...
Last post by AdmFubar - July 03, 2025, 03:55:14 AM
it is a limitation of windows, (or any os for that matter). scribus is using windows file code. (most likely.)  

Standard hard drive? (spinning rust)  or and ssd? will make a difference, for the most part.
#16
Beginner Talk / Re: Want to Get Rid of PDF Tex...
Last post by SlayerDragonwing - July 02, 2025, 11:13:53 PM
When I try that, the file opens as a regular PDF, with neither the fillable sections nor the border boxes showing.
#17
General Discussion / Re: small .sla file takes 7 m...
Last post by iamjohngalt - July 02, 2025, 06:34:33 PM
I think the issue might be due to the number of files (almost 9000) in the directory/folder
where the .sla file is stored.
I saved the .sla to the parent directory (root of the hard drive) and it opens very quickly.
The file open window also stalls when I tell it to display that large directory.
(As I type this, I am waiting for Scribus to respond/open the 61K .sla file in that large
directory folder. It's been over 5 minutes and the title bar of the window displays
"Scribus 1.6.4 (Not Responding.")

Perhaps there is an issue with how Scribus accesses the files system in Windows 10?
#18
Code / Re: Keyboard shortcuts for bol...
Last post by AIM - July 02, 2025, 05:58:25 PM
Hi.
That's a fantastic idea... I've been using Scribus for years and often, when I have to review drafts, I'm forced to do these very repetitive actions from the menu. A shortcut would make the job much easier.
I had hoped to solve it with some script but, as you wrote, it's not possible at the moment to call a script with a key combination.
You did even better and I think the dialog box for defining the rules is excellent.
I really hope this feature can be implemented.
#19
General Discussion / Re: small .sla file takes 7 m...
Last post by AdmFubar - July 02, 2025, 05:24:11 PM
From what you provided it may not be easy to spot the issue. I'd fist try replacing the image files. If that doesn't work attach a copy of the file, if you can. do a collect for output and upload it to a file sharing site. (you may need to compress the file.) 

#20
General Discussion / [SOLVED] small .sla file take...
Last post by iamjohngalt - July 02, 2025, 02:32:17 PM
This is my first use of Scribus and I'm making a page of 8 identical labels to print.
Each label has a copy of a 40k jpg image and 4 text frames with text.

Why does it take 7 minutes to load this file?

I'm running Win 10 with 16G memory and a i5-8600k cpu with 10G of free memory
and lots of unused GB on the ssd system drive and the separate data HD where
the file is stored. I have had no slowness issues with other applications.

I appreciate assistance in getting Scribus working faster. Thank you.