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#1
PDF Generation / Re: Can Scribus create a SEARC...
Last post by MGD4me - July 15, 2025, 09:09:03 PM
While viewing the PDF, enter 'CTRL' + 'f' to open a popup 'find' window.

Standard Windows shortcut.
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: How Add Inteface Themes
Last post by a.l.e - July 15, 2025, 07:49:14 PM
I agree that with little effort, you got a big (and nice) change.

I still don't get, how you did activate a specific QSS style sheet.
Did you modify the Scribus source code?
You have just put the file next to the Scribus executable?

Personally, nowadays I'm so used to have each application with a different look and feel that I wouldn't care to tweak the UI to my like, but would love each application to be consistent, nice and usable.
But I understand that other people care much more about the overall theming...
And from what you have shown here, I think that it would be a good thing for Scribus to support both default themes based on QSS and allow users to pick their own (without the Scribus needing to care about tweaking and maintaining them!)
#3
Beginner Talk / Re: why the order of the layer...
Last post by a.l.e - July 15, 2025, 07:43:20 PM
did you also let chat gpt write the question for you?

anyway, the answer to the question you're asking is in the title you have set for this thread.
up to the "not", which is wrong.

so:

the order of the layers is movable.

so:

put the page number and the content on different layers and put the layer with the page number on top of the layer with the content.
#4
Beginner Talk / why the order of the layer is ...
Last post by AFournier - July 15, 2025, 06:51:17 PM
EXAMPLE why master pages and grids are not movable to the front of the composition?

I use Scribus 1.4.8 for editing a whole pages graphic iconography catalogue and I wanted to use automatic numbering pages at the bottom center of every page.
It was already a nightmare to find a readable tutorial for automatic numbering a 70 pages book (it took me 1h30 to understand, all those tutos are confusing, do better please). I created a master page and applied it in the whole document....AND....
The numbers are hidden under the images  >:(
Another hour asking "how to move the master pages in the front" everywhere, nothing. I finally ask Chatgpt, it tell me "Scribus doesn't allow to move the master page from the background."

OK, I have to INSERT MANUALLY every single 70 numbers .... in the center of the page BUT  ???
the grid is BESIDE THE IMAGE!!!
I don't know WHERE IS THE CENTER OF THE PAGE!

My question is: why can't we choose if we want those (or anything for that matter) in the front?
Thank you, I have to go back editing manually every single number now...
#5
PDF Generation / Re: Can Scribus create a SEARC...
Last post by utnik - July 15, 2025, 06:05:36 PM
hi hanna

as prcek suspected, if you embed the fonts (full fonts or subsets) the .pdf file will contain searchable text while outlined text just looks like text but is (technically spoken) just a vector graphic.

utnik
#6
PDF Generation / Re: Can Scribus create a SEARC...
Last post by prcek - July 15, 2025, 05:44:55 PM
I'm newbie as well. What do you mean by "searchable"?

PDF I've generated from Scribus can be opened in a PDF reader (qpdfview in mycase) and I can use the "Find" function to search for text. And it works.
But the text was inserted into a text frame and export was done with embedding fonts not outlining them. I'm just describing my process not sure if the outlining will nor won't work.
#7
PDF Generation / Can Scribus create a SEARCHABL...
Last post by hannaconner - July 15, 2025, 03:52:46 AM
I'm a DTP newbie as well as a Scribus newbie, but an old hand in IT
(60 years since - honest!)

I'm trying to help the new editor of our Village Magazine
- imaginative, very enthusiastic, but hasn't a clue about how PCs & software work
#8
Scripts and Plugins / Re: error message
Last post by rafferty - July 14, 2025, 08:06:51 PM
Edit: You can use any font you like for the calendar generation and afterwards change only the 'char_style_Moons'- character style with one which contains all special moonphase characters (I use Symbola font for this).
#9
Scripts and Plugins / Re: error message
Last post by rafferty - July 14, 2025, 05:05:02 PM
Hi Zaza,

1) If your language and unicode page is not defined in lines 92-116 of the 'MonthlyCalendar.py'-file, then open the file with a simple text editor and change an existing line or add a new line in between with your language and unicode page parameters.

2) As stated in the 'Monthly Calendar Instructions.pdf'-file under the moonphases section, you have to find a font for the moonphases that contains these characters.

Regards,
Rafferty
#10
Scripts and Plugins / Re: error message
Last post by Zaza - July 14, 2025, 03:24:35 PM
Thank you I have no more error message.

I've tried with the Roboto regular font as in the pdf example and I have no moon phases.
Today I tried with the Arial regular font and I have the full moon and the empty moon too. I don't know why it doesn't work with the Roboto font as in example.

I have to try with other fonts until I find the right one.


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I have the four moon drawings with the "Yu Gothic UI" font.