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#11
General Discussion / Re: Tables
Last post by omoro - January 28, 2026, 03:05:39 PM
A very basic solution :
Make a picture of the table with screen copy
Import the picture in a frame

Nobody will see the trick when it's printed...
#12
General Discussion / Scribus at full speed !
Last post by omoro - January 28, 2026, 03:00:00 PM
Hello everybody.

I'm just sharing a trick in this post.
I'm working on an Art Book with around 200 pages and many pictures.
The pics are, of course, hi-res for correct printing.

Half way along the process, Scribus was slowing down when inserting new pictures and also on other operations. Very annoying.

I found a simple solution :
- Create a copy of all the pictures in lo-res (30% Jpeg) but same size and, very important, the exact same name.
- Move all hi-res pics actually used in another directory
- Replace the by the lo-res pic (and do not bother with the warnings)
- Continue the creation of the book at full speed
- When the book is finished, move back the hi-res in the Scribus directory
- Verify that the warnings are gone (re-import if not)
- Ready to export to PDF and print

That's it, very simple and effective.
#13
Beginner Talk / Manage image - Multiple listin...
Last post by IanicM - January 28, 2026, 02:38:09 PM
Hi all,

After exporting, I'm ending up with a very large PDF file. I've open the Manage Images and noticed I have many instances of the same image. In some cases, many instances of large PNG files.

Do each images and their copies displayed in the Manage Images count as only one image or are they all unique items and all count as individual images?

#14
Beginner Talk / Re: tool bar
Last post by Lynn - January 28, 2026, 02:30:15 AM
Oh! I just remembered seeing this post on Reddit - apparently it's possible for the icons of the toolbar to blend in with the background on Mac.

If you're having that problem, try going into Preferences > User Interface > Theme and changing the icon set.
#15
Beginner Talk / Re: tool bar
Last post by Lynn - January 27, 2026, 09:51:52 PM
Can you see the main menu (File, Edit, Help)? If you right click in the space next to the main menu, that should open up the context menu for toolbars which controls which ones are visible. There's a little checkbox for each of the possible toolbars - tools and view are the ones I always keep open!

Scribus should remember which toolbars you've opened and keep them between sessions.

I have a little reference document I've been pecking away at for Scribus 1.6 which has screenshots of the various menus. It's not complete & focused on the home-bookbinding user, but it might help - Getting Oriented in Scribus
#16
Scribus forums / Re: Forum settings - hide emai...
Last post by Lynn - January 27, 2026, 09:43:38 PM
Fascinating. Thanks utnik - sure enough, I can't see an email listed for your posts/account. It must only display for the user.
#17
General Discussion / Re: Site without a donation bu...
Last post by Nermander - January 27, 2026, 08:54:28 PM
As far as I know there is no way to donate money to the Scribus project.

Reasons are that first of all there are not a lot of use for any donated money, apart from server hosting.

Second, the money needs to go somewhere, and if a privat person gets them there are tax issues. And there is no organisation (like corporation or non-profit organisation) behind Scribus.
#18
Beginner Talk / tool bar
Last post by Olga R - January 27, 2026, 08:24:40 PM
Hello, I have just installed Scribus. I have a Mac using Tahoe. I was used to InDesign but with my new computer I would have to buy expensive subscriptions.
I looked up some tutorials but they always have the tool bar. I don't see mine! I looked up everywhere and can't find it.
Thanks for your help!
#19
Scribus forums / Re: Forum settings - hide emai...
Last post by utnik - January 27, 2026, 07:16:56 PM
hi lynn

i never noticed it before, but i see this email icon on my own posts as well. but not on yours. (not a problem, but a strange and useless thing...)

utnik
#20
Scribus forums / Re: Forum settings - hide emai...
Last post by Lynn - January 27, 2026, 06:55:14 PM
It may be that it's just a quirk of how your own user profile displays to you? But when I look at my own posts, they all have a "email" icon next to the "personal message" icon. When I hover over it, it shows my email address. And then if I look at my own user profile, that also lists my email address in plain text.

Looks like I'd have to find a image hosting site to share a screenshot of what things look like on my end. But if the email isn't showing up for anyone else, then it's no problem. Just a bit confusing to the user (why would I need to email myself?)