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#11
Beginner Talk / Re: Page numbers and other beg...
Last post by DBoydNL - May 15, 2025, 10:42:20 AM
I will have to work on that whole "layer" thing.

I updated a graphic file, and when I switched to Scribus the graphic was updated, so I guess linking graphics is standard?

I really miss the Bold / Italics / Underline buttons. I can't imagine why the programmers didn't include them. Those are pretty much standard in... well: EVERY OTHER PROGRAM! Also: why, oh why, are the icons/buttons on the taskbar so horribly tiny? And why do some of them not have a "card" to identify what they are for? The edit text tool/screen is horribly tiny too. Selecting styles per paragraph is next to impossible to do "on the fly".

On the Style management screen, there is a button that has been translated from presumably "Apply" ("Toepassen" in Dutch). That makes it seem like pressing that button is going to apply the style to the preselected text or paragraph. It took me 20 minutes to realize that it intended as "Apply Changes to this Style". Perhaps in English it is "Apply changes" (which is still unclear, but not quite as bad). In Dutch that would be "Wijzigingen Toepassen" which is WAY too many letters for a button. But this button name is entirely misleading.

I formatted a Word file with specific Styles for each different paragraph. When I selected that text file for a Text Frame, none of those styles imported correctly and I had to manually reformat the entire 4 page document. Ugh!
I am wasting so much time conquering things that are not intuitive in Scribus. As said, I have used 3 different DTP programs, and NONE of them were this difficult to figure out. I know: read the manual. Problem is, I am on a deadline.

David
#12
General Discussion / April 2025
Last post by a.l.e - May 15, 2025, 09:50:47 AM
In April we have seen several fixes for specific annoyances, but only few and (small) improvements that deserve to be singled out:

  • Addressing some of the lost of content, when importing from LibreOffice Writer (ODT) documents
  • A script that fixes the Hairline width: https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=9054
  • Hyphenation exceptions and ignore lists: allow to add and remove multiple entries at once
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#13
Linux / Re: Scribus 1.6.4 Setting F...
Last post by sswcharlie - May 15, 2025, 05:27:47 AM
Thanks   AdmFubar

Works great now I know what to look for. 

In the colors & effects in the Contents Properties,  what does 'Registration'  mean?
I cannot get any colors other than black.  How do I get 'red'.  Cannot get the full palette to show up.

Thanks

Charles
#14
Linux / Re: Scribus 1.6.4 Setting F...
Last post by AdmFubar - May 15, 2025, 04:39:16 AM
You need the Content Properties panel, press F3.
#15
Linux / Scribus 1.6.4 Setting Font ...
Last post by sswcharlie - May 15, 2025, 02:42:31 AM
Hi
Using 1.6.4

When trying to select font options I cannot locate on the F2 drop down and reference to 'Text'.  Is there a tool to include options into this drop down?  The text options will need to be added. Have looked on many places but I cannot locate a specific 1.6.4    written or video tutorial on the setting of fonts etc via the F2 drop down.  No mention of adding the text options to the drop down.

Iam sure it is easy to change fonts etc but at the moment I am not getting the correct icons or options to use.
Thankyou
Charles
#16
Beginner Talk / Re: re: Barcode creation withi...
Last post by tisdav - May 14, 2025, 09:12:59 PM
Hi, for me when I first opened scribus on windows the barcode option was not there.

I read the plugin description, and that said that it uses ghostscript to generate the barcodes.
Once I installed it, then restarted scribus the option appeared.

https://ghostscript.com/releases/gsdnld.html

hope it helps
#17
Beginner Talk / Re: Page numbers and other beg...
Last post by prcek - May 14, 2025, 01:53:47 PM
Layers are in dockable toolbox window (or how it is called)
It can be shown/hidden by Windows->Layers (F6)  - Vensters -> Lagen
There is a [ + ] button to add a new layer and arrows to move it up/down in the layer stack.

I'm beginer as well, so take my answers with a grain of salt, please.

It seems to me that layers are global to document so it does not matter if they're applied in Master page or somewhere else.

Bold/Italic - I personally define a bunch of paragraph/character styles and use styles for it. They're hierarchical and can inherit everything from "default" and overwrite just "bold". So in case I later decide to use a different font I can change just the default and don't have to reformat the document or if I need to switch highlighting from bold to italic I just edit my "highlight" character style and don't need to go over everything again.
#18
Beginner Talk / Re: Page numbers and other beg...
Last post by DBoydNL - May 14, 2025, 12:29:27 PM
Hi Utnik,

Yes, thank you, that helped quite a bit.
Can you tell me where and how to create layers? One problem I am having, is that I installed Scribus in Dutch, so wihout clear directions on where things are in the menu's, I get lost in some less than logical translations. I also "get lost" because the icons are so friggin' tiny!  :o  I had come up with a work-around to copy the (covered up page number) from the master page and just paste it in the actual page with the full page background. Is that what you meant, or can I create layers on the master page and have the page number and the blue circle around it, and have it appear on the page regardless of what graphic is on the entire page (and if so: how?)?

Could you give a bit more guidance on the matter of bold or italizing word(s) or sentences? I really mis the always present in other DTP's and Word processors: Bold / Italics / Underline buttons.

Do I understand the website correctly, that if I write page content in Word, applying Styles for Headings, Subheadings etc. that I can simply import that into Scribus and all my formatting will be retained and work? I tried that with some Publisher files, and Scribus made a mess of it. Will it even import the Style (names)? Can I insert graphics into Word,and have those end up in the right place in Scribus?

Is there any way to link graphic files that I have placed in a Picture Frame? If I change a graphics file in my Graphics Editor, replacing it in the directory, I would like Scribus to update that graphic when I open (or update?) the Scribus file.

David

I will check out the manual, thanks.
 
#19
PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by jirib - May 14, 2025, 08:33:35 AM
Quote from: a.l.e on May 13, 2025, 10:13:28 PMhi jirib

i fear that if you post patches, the minimum you should do, is to compile the new code and see if it runs.

testing if does what you intended to achieve is not a bad either.

if you need help for compiling scribus on your machine, raise your hand, and i can see how i (or somebody else around here) can help you...

i'm trying now... my Debian unstable machine is too slow :)
#20
PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by a.l.e - May 13, 2025, 10:13:28 PM
hi jirib

i fear that if you post patches, the minimum you should do, is to compile the new code and see if it runs.

testing if does what you intended to achieve is not a bad either.

if you need help for compiling scribus on your machine, raise your hand, and i can see how i (or somebody else around here) can help you...