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#1
Text and Typography / Re: Odt import - Paragraph sty...
Last post by kayosiii - Today at 02:25:36 AM
All the styles are listed under the 'default paragraph style' in the style manager.

RTF - does not import styles at all.
HTML - imports a small subset of styles and links them.
DOCX - imports all paragraph styles partially (things like typeface are not imported), styles are linked to paragraphs (so yay for that), character styles are not imported and all character style based formatting is lost.

So far DOCX is the least amount of work, but is still a significant amount of work for a document with both character and paragraph styles.
#2
Text and Typography / Re: Odt import - Paragraph sty...
Last post by AdmFubar - May 31, 2024, 07:23:54 PM
Have you check via the style window? (press F4) are the styles listed under the default style?
And just to check have you tried importing RTF of HTML versions of your text from LibreOffice?
#3
Text and Typography / Re: Odt import - Paragraph sty...
Last post by kayosiii - May 31, 2024, 04:03:45 PM
I had the document set up with styles in LibreOffice Writer. The body text, is "text body", headings are "heading 1", "heading 2" etc and so on.

When I import that document into scribus:

The text gets imported and looks right.
The styles get imported.
The text is not linked to the styles in any way, the style in the story editor etc shows "default Paragraph style" as the style linked to every paragraph in the imported document.
#4
Text and Typography / Re: Odt import - Paragraph sty...
Last post by PatJr - May 31, 2024, 03:15:45 PM
not sure I understand what you want
you want each paragraph to have it's own style when you impot it?
try adding a style in LibreOffice befor you import it, maybe then it will import with a seperate style
#5
Text and Typography / Odt import - Paragraph styles ...
Last post by kayosiii - May 31, 2024, 02:07:08 PM
I am trying to import a document written in Libre Office writer (current version) using styles.
Importing the text into scribus, imported the text and the styles.
The document looks correct but each paragraph is linked to the "default paragraph style".
The main reason I edited the document in writer in the first place is because styling a document in scribus is a pain in the backside.

Is this expected behaviour?
Is there anything I can try?

I have tried the scribus 1.6.1 and today's git/master. if that helps.
#6
Beginner Talk / Re: Recurring text to many pag...
Last post by joseb - May 31, 2024, 11:06:42 AM
Maybe you can create two 'variable texts'. One 'variable text' for ISSUE and another variable for DATE.

CREATE:
- Create a text frame and put the cursor inside.
- Right click / Insert mark / Variable text.
- Create a 'variable text' where label is ISSUE and DATE. In the text to insert field you should place text that you will update in other Scribus files.
- Assign it a paragraph style.
- Insert these text variables in as many text frames as you want and change the paragraph styles in each frame if you want. Right click / Insert markup / Text variable.


EDIT OR UPDATE:
- To change the variables you will have to right click on the text itself and choose 'edit mark'. Also by double clicking or from the edit menu.
- When you change the variable text it will be updated in all the frames where it is inserted. It will respect the different paragraph styles you have applied.

PROBLEMS:
- If the frames are on master pages you may have to exit the edit mode and re-enter...
- I have also noticed that the 'variable text' can affect numbered listings... After changing a 'variable text' several times, all the numbered listings become numbered 1... and 1,2,3 does not appear... I'm not sure if this error is linked to the 'variable text' but it has happened to me a few times.
- Text variables can have a different paragraph style wherever they are inserted. This means that the variable appears in a different font, size, colour or justification in each place. For example: in one place it could be aligned to the right, in another to the left and in another centred... But I think it is not possible to apply 'align text forced justified'.
#7
General Discussion / Re: Macbook Pro M1 chip
Last post by MrB - May 31, 2024, 07:57:35 AM
Download the scribus-1.6.1-arm64.dmg from https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.6.1/
#8
General Discussion / Re: A few inquiries and pain p...
Last post by MrB - May 31, 2024, 07:56:46 AM
Please provide information about the operating system, version and Scribus version you are using.
As for Spell Check - no its one frame at a time for now.
For some of your answers, go into Document Properties and set some of your defaults for tools and text settings etc. Then your document will use those going forward. Set those in Scribus Preferences for future documents if desired.
#9
General Discussion / Macbook Pro M1 chip
Last post by throughoutshorts - May 31, 2024, 05:53:29 AM
Does Scribus work with the Macbook Pro M1 silicon chip?  What do I need to download to my macbook pro M1 chip set to ensure that Scribus works on my mac?
#10
General Discussion / Re: A few inquiries and pain p...
Last post by PatJr - May 31, 2024, 03:39:49 AM
#6  are you using the styles?

#5  dunno, not what you want but you could set a shourt cut to a fit width or zoom  say Alt-0

#4  mine didn't do that  1.6.1

#3   did you try the dock? not a perfect solution but gives you some more predictability, also what window manager are you using

#2  nope

#1  nope, generally it's better if the word processing is done in like LebreOffice then import the text to a frame