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#81
General Discussion / Re: Importing Multiple pages f...
Last post by AlvesR - May 13, 2023, 11:20:24 PM
Hi. In development / feature.  ...recently the multipage feature was implemented in inkscape. It doesn't make sense to me. Resource type for desktop publishing programs. Example: Scribus.
#82
General Discussion / Re: Importing Multiple pages f...
Last post by scriber - May 13, 2023, 08:31:40 PM
I tried a.l.e procedure:
- let's say we are working on a scribus document "main.sla"
- want to add the "add.pdf" -> file open and select our pdf file "add.pdf"
- within scribus a new "window" is opened now we are editing add.pdf imported in scribus
- here we will save it as "add.sla" and we can also close it to go back to previous document "main.sla"
- here it is possible to import pages: page - import and select "add.sla" file, we can also choose all pages or just the ones we need.
- finally we can also delete "add.sla" if we don't need it anymore

Now, ok it's a better solution compared to my first attempt, in that case I had also to create new pages for pasted pdf pages. This said, also this procedure seems just a workaround to buffer a useful missed feature...

Wouldn't it a good feature to be considered for next Scribus versions?
Where can it be requested?
#83
General Discussion / Re: Importing Multiple pages f...
Last post by scriber - May 13, 2023, 06:05:05 PM
When you export as PDF pages as images, vector elements will be degraded, maybe just a bit.
Anyway in the same time you open gimp and load PDF file, I directly load PDF in a new Scribus window and drag it within the main Scribus document.
I could also make my Scribus document, export to PDF and then add the other PDF file by using pdftk, for instance:

pdftk maindoc.pdf add.pdf cat output finaldoc.pdf

The above will append the PDF to main document. It could be also prepended or even inserted after a specified page...

Anyway would be useful a feature to add a whole multipage PDF within an other Scribus document, without needing to invent any workaround.
#84
General Discussion / Re: Importing Multiple pages f...
Last post by RodneyLee - May 13, 2023, 01:57:19 PM
I'd load the .PDF into GIMP and export as Images then use them in a background layer :)
#85
Beginner Talk / Re: Style, Text Box, Vertical ...
Last post by Aleks100 - May 13, 2023, 01:56:04 PM
Scribus saves files in xml format (.sla), so you can open sla file in text editor (I prefer notepad++) and change VAlign from 0 to 1 in dates PAGEOBJECT parent elements.
Backup before editing.
#86
Layout Issues / Styles: Vertical Alignment / T...
Last post by webmanoffesto - May 13, 2023, 01:48:08 PM
How do I adjust a Style to change "Vertical Aligment: Middle" to "Vertical Alignment: Top"?

I'm using Monthly calendar script. I want the daily date numbers to be vertically aligned to the top. I want to do that using the styles. I'm in Style Manager, I have Text Properties window open. If I highlight one text box I can see that it uses styles "par_style_Date" and "char_style_Date".

In "Text Properties" I can change one text box number to "vertical justify". But unless I am able to edit the style to vertically justify I will have to vertically justify each text box manually, one at a time. I want to avoid that.
#87
General Discussion / Re: Importing Multiple pages f...
Last post by a.l.e - May 13, 2023, 09:44:52 AM
my first reaction was: open the pdf, save it as a scribus document, import the pages in your own document.

this is how i would do it... can scribus do it?

i clicked around a bit and in the "page" menu there is an "import" menu that should do it : - )

while, being able to import multiple pages through "load vector file" sounds like a good idea, since scribus is not a tool for tweaking pdfs but a page layout software, i'm fine with the current situation (except that the scripter should be able to import pages from a vector page without any prompt being shown to the user... but that's a WIP)
#88
Beginner Talk / Re: Style, Text Box, Vertical ...
Last post by webmanoffesto - May 13, 2023, 04:57:33 AM
Thank you. This worked
Window / Content Properties / Columns and Text Distances / Vertical Alignment / Top

But how do I edit the style so that "Alignment / Top" applies to all the dates?
I have Style Manager open, and Content Properties. When I changed the dates to align left that affected all dates on the calendar. That was great. Is Vertical Alignment different because it's on the Style Manager window. But Vertical Alignment is on the Text Properties window?

Also, I can't even manually select all the dates on one month on the calendar. I would have to select each date one at a time and select Align Top for each one separately.
#89
Beginner Talk / Re: Style, Text Box, Vertical ...
Last post by PatJr - May 13, 2023, 03:53:42 AM
that's under the Content Properties (F3)
sorry, I dunno how to set that for the paragraph style
seems like there should be a frame style tag ....
maybe down the road there will be?
#90
Beginner Talk / Style, Text Box, Vertical Alig...
Last post by webmanoffesto - May 13, 2023, 02:56:17 AM
I'm working with the calendar script. It generated a great calendar. I'm trying to get the date to appear higher in the text box. Apparently that is Vertical Alignment.
So I look at Style Manager. I see Par_Style_Date, based on Char_Style_Date. I found instructions to  find: "Text Properties; Click on Column & Text Distances; On the first line, change Vertical Alignment".
But I don't find that. Have these menus changed since that was posted?