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#31
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 11, 2026, 02:00:11 AM
Thank you for your assistance- I now have the background in place.
Just figured out the rest- thank all of you!
#32
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by Lynn - February 10, 2026, 11:19:47 PM
So that's because Scribus has a stacking order for objects and it always puts new objects at the top of the stack. It's easy to move it to the back:

- If you don't already have the Properties palette open, right click on the box to open the "context menu". Then click on "Properties" at the bottom
- The Properties palette will have a section labeled "level" on the right, underneath geometry. Click on the down button with the horizontal line under it. That will move the box to the back of the stack

(instructions above are for scribus 1.5x-1.6x. If you're in Scribus 1.7x, move-to-back is the rightmost button above the level label)
#33
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 10, 2026, 10:52:08 PM
So I created a rectangle the same size as my document and gave it the gradient color, but it covers up the images I had imported into the document.
#34
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus 1.4.8 and Kindle C...
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 10:45:17 PM
i'm not sure if scribus is the best choice for ebook creation. scribus is optimised for static layouts while ebooks should be adaptable. most of the advanced stuff of a scribus layout will get lost when generating the ebook.

utnik
#35
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 10:40:03 PM
no! – you can place your 'gradient rectangle' in the background of your present document. (...or even on a master page, if it's needed on every page or on a number of pages...)

utnik
#36
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 10, 2026, 09:39:28 PM
So I need to create a new document and start with that color and then move all my graphics over to the new document?
#37
PDF Generation / How to make radio button trans...
Last post by Hoagie - February 10, 2026, 09:03:13 PM
I'm trying to make a ttrpg character sheet where I have I want a row of radio buttons track a line of numbers on the sheet, but when I place the radio button on the number it blocks it out with a white box.
#38
Beginner Talk / Re: Color background
Last post by utnik - February 10, 2026, 07:56:08 PM
hi jackie

you can't apply your gradient to the empty canvas. you need to create a full sized square and apply the gradient to this object.

utnik
#39
Beginner Talk / [SOLVED] Color background
Last post by Jackie Treehorn - February 10, 2026, 07:42:47 PM
I am using Scribus for the first time. I created a 40X30 inch document that I added 15 png images into. I want to fill the background with a color I created in gradient but I don't see how to apply that color into the background?
#40
Layout Issues / Kening issues copying LibreCal...
Last post by chimaera - February 10, 2026, 05:07:17 PM
Hello fellow designers!
I'm having a great time with Scribus, but tables have been the bane of my existence. When copying tables over from LibreCalc to Scribus, I'm getting errors with text kerning that's causing certain characters and combinations of characters to appear garbled, or not appear at all. I'm using Monserrat Medium for the font in both LibreCalc and Scribus.

I'd love to hear if anyone has had similar issues, and how you solved it. I'd like to keep using Scribus, but I'm early enough in my layout that I'm happy to use something else if I'm unable to fix this, as tables are essential for the book I'm designing.

Thanks for reading!

TLDR: copying LibreCalc table to Scribus results in kerning errors