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Scribus => Beginner Talk => Topic started by: gonzonovelist on October 27, 2020, 10:11:36 PM

Title: No Insert>Character>Page Number
Post by: gonzonovelist on October 27, 2020, 10:11:36 PM
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
Title: Re: No Insert>Character>Page Number
Post by: utnik on October 28, 2020, 12:32:03 AM
hi jerry

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

utnik
Title: Re: No Insert>Character>Page Number
Post by: gonzonovelist on October 28, 2020, 02:13:12 AM
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.
Title: Re: No Insert>Character>Page Number
Post by: utnik on October 28, 2020, 04:48:39 AM
hi jerry

there are different possible settings (depending on the way you format your text).
you might like to look into this good scribus manual (http://write.flossmanuals.net/scribus/_draft/_v/1.0/introduction/).

utnik
Title: Re: No Insert>Character>Page Number
Post by: gonzonovelist on October 28, 2020, 03:08:56 PM
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.