Scribus Forums
Scribus => Layout Issues => Topic started by: Guillaume on May 05, 2017, 09:39:14 pm
-
Made small text frame for column name, and got cursor to blink but impossible to insert character, and there is a tiny red X in bottom right; will not accept paste either. What is function of tiny X and how to enable editing. Things work fine in other columns.
-
hi guillaume
the red X is the mark for overflowing text.
either there is already some text in the frame (or just some line breaksā¦) or the frame is too small to contain the first character (with the present settingsā¦)
utnik
-
Sometimes the frame has to be a lot larger than you might think for text to "fit". Try enlarging the frame a lot and add your text, then incrementally drag a corner to reduce the size of the frame bit by bit. You may find you need to leave the frame larger than intuition might suggest.
-
Thanks for the replies. I tried and did it: I enlarged the frame a bit and was able to type. I am still puzzled by the fact that there was no overflowing, the frame was empty and the characters did fit in the frame.
--Guillaume