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#11
General Discussion / Re: Right to Left, RTL layout,...
Last post by a.l.e - May 15, 2026, 08:18:58 PM
First page left or right is not about the direction, only about the placement of the first page.

The newest development version does have what you are looking for (the RTL binding), but I don't think it's in the latest development release 1.7.3.

If you're on Linux and you're brave enough, you can look for the nightly Appimage.
Maybe, there is a snapshot for your system, or somebody can create: which OS are you using?

P.s: there's seems to be a very fresh snapshot for windows:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.7.4.svn/

The Appimage is

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/Scribus-nightly-x86_64.AppImage?job=appimage%3Alinux
#12
General Discussion / Right to Left, RTL layout, pag...
Last post by aadir - May 15, 2026, 05:25:34 PM
I hope this screenshot shows my issue enough..

I am working on an RTL design, and the pages are actually still flowing from left to right .
Look at the page numbers..
Page 2 should be on the right.   

In document setup, it doesnt matter if i choose first page as left or right, the pages always from left to right.

#13
Layout Issues / Choosing layout for a page fro...
Last post by lib - May 15, 2026, 03:24:37 PM
Hello!

To speed up a magazine creation, I have idea of creating layout template library (e.g. 100 different page layouts) and for each new issue choose e.g. 30 of them.

Is it better to import a similar page from one of the previous issues or copy a layout page from scrapbook? It seems to me that scrapbook is meant to be used for single elements (e.g. icons, etc.), not for whole page layout template (which can has several images, textboxes and shapes).

What would be the best solution for this? Is there some other "way"?

Thanks in advance!
#14
Beginner Talk / continous text frames cause ha...
Last post by aadir - May 15, 2026, 12:23:42 PM
hey there, first time user of Scribus here


I have about 40 pages in my doc currently, and now when i go to link a text frame to continue the previous ones, the whole software hangs for about 2 minutes..

my story is about 5000 words. 

Is there anything I should watch out for when doing this?

Thank you!
#15
General Discussion / Re: September 2025 - April 202...
Last post by MarkoFlow - May 14, 2026, 10:03:07 PM
Useful progress update. The full-document search and replace, preferences search, and UI logging window look especially helpful for everyday use.
#16
User Interface / Wrapping Text Around an Image
Last post by zerubbabel - May 14, 2026, 03:06:32 PM
I have been using Scribus for many years, but in this new version, 1.7.3, I cannot understand the new user interface for wrapping text around an image. Is there any documentation to explain this user interface palette?
#17
General Discussion / Re: Multilingual management / ...
Last post by nenex-ordi-libre - May 14, 2026, 09:14:34 AM
Layers are a great idea! I need to look into them—I've never used them before. As for updating the text, you have to do it manually anyway, right?

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Les calques, c'est une bonne idée ! Faut que je me penche dessus, je ne les ai jamais utilisés. Pour la mise à jour des textes de toute façon ça se fait obligatoirement manuellement, non ?
#18
General Discussion / Re: Multilingual management / ...
Last post by AdmFubar - May 13, 2026, 05:34:17 PM
But you will probably have to do the translation updating  manually. Someone here might have a solution to automate such a task.

Mais vous devrez probablement effectuer la mise à jour des traductions manuellement. Quelqu'un ici aura peut-être une solution pour automatiser cette tâche.
#19
General Discussion / Re: Multilingual management / ...
Last post by utnik - May 13, 2026, 01:27:42 PM
if it is possible with your layout, i would work with different layers:
  • images...
  • elements unchanged by language
  • first language (deactivated while exporting in the second language)
  • second language (deactivated while exporting in the first language)

utnik
#20
General Discussion / Multilingual management / Gest...
Last post by nenex-ordi-libre - May 13, 2026, 12:59:25 PM
Hi

As I'm not an English speaker, I've translated with DeepL. I hope it will be understandable  .

I need to create several brochures that will be bilingual. Should I create one file per language, or is it possible to manage both languages in a single file? This is regarding the layout. If I need to make a change in one language, I'll have to redo it in the other language. This is especially true for the cover, which will have the same layout except for the subtitle. But it's also the case for the page headers, which will be the same for all the brochures.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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Salut

Je dois faire plusieurs brochures qui seront bilingues. Est-ce que je dois faire Un fichier par langue ou dans un seul c'est possible de gérer les deux langues ? c'est par rapport a la mise en page. Si je dois faire une modification dans une langue je vais devoir la refaire dans l'autre langue. Et en particulier la couverture qui sera, a par le sous-titre, la même mise en page. Mais c'est aussi le cas des en-têtes de page qui seront les mêmes pour toutes les brochures.

Merci d'avance pour vos tuyaux.