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Beginner Talk / Page numbers and other beginne...
Last post by DBoydNL - Today at 05:19:11 PM
I have switched to Scribus from Pagemaker, PagePlus, and Publisher. I am familiar with most DTP features. I find a number of things very non intuitive in Scribus. Like: how to I bold print or italicise only one word or sentence in a paragraph?
I have the front and inside covers as pages 1&2 and the same at the back, so that I can PDF the file easily and send it to the Online Printer. Consequently, my actual first page is numbered as page 3. I know how to fix this in all the no longer available (to me) DTP programs, but not in Scribus.
I have several pages that have a full (A5) picture as a background, which obviously looks really cool. Problem is, that covers up the page number in the Master Page and no amount of "move to front" seems to change that. I have solved that for now, by copying and pasting the page number on the master page to the actual page. That works, but there hopefully is a better way... I would also like to have several pages just have a background color, but I can't find tha option anywhere.
I have several pages where to keep the text legible against the full page background pic. I filled the text frame with white and set it to 60% transparency. Problem is, that turns the black text to grey (60% tranparancy). I have solved this by placing a white 60% transparent box behind the text frams (with no fill) and that works, but again: this is a workaround, not a solution.
Working with Styles is a disaster. I have not figured out a way to conveniently apply them and have them work consistently.

Why do the verification Captcha's have a line through them making it impossible to see the difference between an O and a G? I am logged in, why do I still have to verify myself with a verification letter system, and "I am not a robot" checkbox, answer a verification question (whick I had to look up and isn't listed on that site!!!), AND select several pictures from an array to post a question???

David
#2
PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 05:14:13 PM
I've always thought of it as a separate document. Instead of separate pages, just one wide page that would include the front, spine, and back cover. Additional lengths for flaps that would wrap around the front and back cover for hardbound books.
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PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by Nermander - Today at 04:58:32 PM
Quote from: jirib on Today at 02:34:30 PMWe have either single page or facing-pages (two only);

There is nothing preventing you from creating pages of different width, the setting you are talking about is just how they are placed on the screen when working on them.

So you can create a back matter page, a narrow spine page and a front matter page. But of course they will still be individual pages, so to combine them we need something more.
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PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by jirib - Today at 02:34:30 PM
It seems to me that the whole Scribus functionality with respect to cover is limited: we do not have spine feature; in Indesign, IIUC, they put some pages next to another, so you could have: back cover page, spine page, front cover page. We have either single page or facing-pages (two only); Indesign makes this three pages printed as "spread" - we do not have it.

Even if one would create 2 facing pages (with first page as left = outside back-cover), Scribus, IIUC, seems to have a deficiency: it can't print both pages as spread, and if you print it with bleeds having 0 size for inside, Scribus would ignore this and put crop marks on "inside" even the bleeds there is 0...

Or do I miss something?
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General Discussion / Re: March 2025
Last post by nitramr - May 12, 2025, 07:37:11 PM
This patch is deprecated and no longer compatible since we added the new page sizes to the New Document dialog.
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17115
#7
Features / Re: Shortcuts for Styles and S...
Last post by AdmFubar - May 12, 2025, 03:38:29 PM
On keyboard shortcuts, is anyone having issues with scribus not switching to another set of keyboard shortcuts? it always defaults to iCalamus on startup on my system.
#8
Windows / disable "search for updates"
Last post by Serviceverantwortung AP - May 12, 2025, 12:40:31 PM
Hello team,
I have installed Vers. 1.6.4 on a win11 divice. Is it possible to disable "search for updates". if so, which parameters must be set.
thanks for you support.
best regards
Doris
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PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by jirib - May 11, 2025, 08:47:38 PM
Ignore this script for a while, please, it is very naive: it does not consider by design when you need a colourful cover or with an image spanning both pages, plus both the colourful "rectancle" (holding the cover of the cover) or the image must exceed cut/trim line! so, this script is maybe OK for black/white situations without a need to trim.

I will think about that and try to come with a better solution: one which needs to be done _inside_ Scribus (at least for the cover itself)...
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PDF Generation / Re: [Q] Python script written ...
Last post by Nermander - May 11, 2025, 07:54:32 PM
Quote from: jirib on May 11, 2025, 10:57:27 AMSo, it generates cover with 'cover_pairs'..., however, logically, it places crop marks and spine marks only on the first/outside cover page.

Ok, so the first two and the last two pages end up on the cover?