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General Discussion / Re: The file suddenly disappea...
Last post by ShaunaB1 - Today at 07:19:02 AM
QuoteThe files in scribus suddenly disappeared overnight, is anyone in the same situation as me? Dog likes to eat
If your Scribus files are gone, try these steps to get them back: Look for autosave files in the project folder. Check Scribus settings for emergency file saving. If needed, rename the Scribus config file and restart the program. If you still can't find your files, ask on Scribus forums for help.
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: Ability to print reader pa...
Last post by Orbspider - April 22, 2024, 01:52:22 PM
Ok this is archaic I know, but I was searching for this issue and thought I could bump the post.

I also am familiar with the export option that Indesign has (print as spread) and I was looking for it with scribus.

I looked up jpdf tweaks and it requires oracle's java......
The scribus wiki printing page points to pstops (cli)

But a checkbox in scribus pdf export would bi so much easier, than export as single pages and make the imposition with another program.

For my work, I am producing a book cover, following a clever technique where three pages are put alongside in a spread, back cover, spine and front cover. This is so that the spine width can be easily adjusted and of crs cos it looks good in a spread. Then during export just need to check (spread) and the resulting file is a combined 3 pages that can go straight to the book printers and not fail their validation.

#3
General Discussion / Re: Debian Still on 1.5.8
Last post by ShaunaB1 - April 22, 2024, 11:47:08 AM
To request Debian to update a package to a newer version, file a "wishlist" bug on their bug tracker. Explain that you want version 1.6.1 and why it's needed. This lets the maintainers know there's interest in the update.
#4
Text and Typography / Re: How to move text start poi...
Last post by Orbspider - April 22, 2024, 11:18:06 AM
@MrB, great idea! I just found that out today as well!
#5
Text and Typography / Re: How to move text start poi...
Last post by MrB - April 21, 2024, 10:32:41 PM
On the Text Properties window, go to the Path Text Properties, and change the "Start Offset" value to move the text along the frame.
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Text and Typography / Re: How to move text start poi...
Last post by PatJr - April 21, 2024, 03:54:36 PM
sounds interesting
could you post up a sample sla file with some examples?
#7
Text and Typography / Re: How to move text start poi...
Last post by Orbspider - April 21, 2024, 12:08:58 PM
Oops, meant ctrl-drag. Anyway I noticed that when editing the polygon shape after text to path, it is now a line with start end points. So the better question should be, how would one move the start point of a polygon shape?
As when you draw a polygon box the start is always top left it seems??
#8
Text and Typography / Re: How to move text start poi...
Last post by Orbspider - April 21, 2024, 08:47:28 AM
Ok, a quick work round, that achieves the result that I need in this case, I rotated the polygon 'box' by 270 deg, which made it long, and then resized it by clicking shape edit and shift-dragging corners to become tall to fill the page margin.

But this is not a work around for any unusual shapes that can't bi rotated,  obviously.

Ps, I am not enjoying the post verification with letters that ark hidden and obscured and then my post fails because I got it wrong!
#9
Text and Typography / [SOLVED] How to move text star...
Last post by Orbspider - April 21, 2024, 07:50:31 AM
Hi, I have some text around a polygon, using 'attach text to path'. The polygon is basically a frame near margin of Page, on a book cover. At the moment the default start point of text is at top left of the said box. But I need it to move over to the top right corner.

Any tricks to accomplish this? I would expect there to bi an anchor handle that can bi dragged around the path/shape.

Ps, captcha was a horrible pain during sign up with blurry images!

Oh no! More blurry letters bellow that I can't read!
#10
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: Moving image inside shape
Last post by Erik96 - April 20, 2024, 09:51:28 AM
thx a lot.
this worked , I can scale and rotate the image now. Perfect !!!