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#71
General Discussion / Re: Plus Minus on Numpad Not W...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 18, 2024, 03:57:15 AMCTRL+ scrollwheel is pretty standard in all operating systems for zooming in and out a page in most programs.
#72
General Discussion / Re: Plus Minus on Numpad Not W...
Last post by SirMix - October 18, 2024, 01:48:58 AMThank you. Did not know about the Ctrl+scrollwheel.
#73
Beginner Talk / Re: notes
Last post by rogerty - October 17, 2024, 02:47:31 PMThank you for the answer and giving context about workflow and other software. I appreciate it.
#74
Beginner Talk / Re: notes
Last post by BN_Dev - October 17, 2024, 02:42:57 PMPutting items on the pasteboard (or "scratch space" as it's called in Scribus) is not some hack, it's a fundamental workflow that is entirely normal and you SHOULD use it. Every publication will drag items to and from it as they layout a page, and only the items that are on the page will make it in to the PDF. Everything on the pasteboard is simply ignored.
A lot of working documents will be littered with eye-catching text frames of notes and reminders, content that still needs to be put in the layout, and so on. This is the whole reason for it existing.
More professional tools have a mechanism to catch anything left on the pasteboard before export. QuarkXPress has job jacket rules to test for this; Scribus has a preflight check for "Check for items not on a page". Turn that on.
An alternative approach might be to create a new layer just for notes that can appear on the page itself, and make that layer non-printable. But a lot of professionals don't want to make mistakes so enforcing an empty pasteboard before export means you definitely haven't missed anything.
A lot of working documents will be littered with eye-catching text frames of notes and reminders, content that still needs to be put in the layout, and so on. This is the whole reason for it existing.
More professional tools have a mechanism to catch anything left on the pasteboard before export. QuarkXPress has job jacket rules to test for this; Scribus has a preflight check for "Check for items not on a page". Turn that on.
An alternative approach might be to create a new layer just for notes that can appear on the page itself, and make that layer non-printable. But a lot of professionals don't want to make mistakes so enforcing an empty pasteboard before export means you definitely haven't missed anything.
#75
General Discussion / Re: Plus Minus on Numpad Not W...
Last post by BN_Dev - October 17, 2024, 02:29:39 PMNumLock won't make a difference for the fix, the bug was that the input was being ignored entirely as it was coming from the numeric keypad. The patch I submitted removes that flag so the numeric keypad keys behave the same as regular keys.
But for the issue of efficient zooming, holding Ctrl and using the mouse scrollwheel seems to be the most efficient as your hands don't need to move. Or pinch and zoom on a trackpad?
But for the issue of efficient zooming, holding Ctrl and using the mouse scrollwheel seems to be the most efficient as your hands don't need to move. Or pinch and zoom on a trackpad?
#76
Beginner Talk / notes
Last post by rogerty - October 17, 2024, 02:04:55 PMI want to type notes for me to remember.
The notes should not appear in the output pdf.
I found this way to do it: create a textframe outside the page in Scribus.
Question: Is there anything I should know about this method? Let me know if I shouldn't use it.
The notes should not appear in the output pdf.
I found this way to do it: create a textframe outside the page in Scribus.
Question: Is there anything I should know about this method? Let me know if I shouldn't use it.
#77
General Discussion / Re: Plus Minus on Numpad Not W...
Last post by SirMix - October 17, 2024, 10:08:15 AMIndeed Ctrl+Shift++ should be the default shortcut.
NumLock is on. I use the plus/minus keys on the numpad in Gimp and Inkscape. The numpad is close to the mouse, so zooming with those keys speeds work up.
NumLock is on. I use the plus/minus keys on the numpad in Gimp and Inkscape. The numpad is close to the mouse, so zooming with those keys speeds work up.
#78
General Discussion / Re: Plus Minus on Numpad Not W...
Last post by michaelmayer - October 17, 2024, 03:23:50 AMMake sure Num Lock is on and try using the regular plus/minus keys. Check for conflicting shortcuts in Scribus settings. If the issue persists, updating Scribus or checking Mint's keyboard settings may help.
#79
Beginner Talk / Re: Line up image boxes in col...
Last post by Nermander - October 16, 2024, 07:59:13 PMIf you are just going to print it, most people find it easier to create it using a landscape A4 document.
If you design it doing four A5 pages you also need to imposition these before printing.
For the task in question I would probably try to use guides and just place image and text frames using the guides (using snap to guides).
If you design it doing four A5 pages you also need to imposition these before printing.
For the task in question I would probably try to use guides and just place image and text frames using the guides (using snap to guides).
#80
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Scipt "home made" take ver...
Last post by BN_Dev - October 16, 2024, 03:28:05 AMDoes it just stop abruptly on 10 pages, or do you notice an exponential slow-down the more pages you run the script on? What happens on 3 pages? Then 4?