> I feel a bit stupid asking this but scribus.net seems to be down and I > can't figure out what I'm supposed to do. I'm using Scribus 1.2.5 on
Dont feel stupid.. this is a place to ask such questions. > 1) I opened a "New from template" and selected one of the newsletter > templates. Seemed like a good idea at the time. One thing I can't > figure out, though, is how I change the document from A4 to US Letter > size. Can I? Or do I have to edit and save as a new template before I > use it to create a new file? How do I do that? Not in 1.2.x > > 2) Linking Frames - I finally found the icon in the tool bar for linking > frames but it isn't clear exactly what I'm supposed to do. It appears > that I should select two frames and then click that, after which I can > "Get text" and it will flow between the two frames. Problem is, > sometimes it works, sometimes not. Is there a procedure I can follow > that will consistently work? A few specific questions: > a) Is there any way to select frames on different pages? It > doesn't appear so. > b) How do you specify which frame comes first? That is, > sometimes the text would start in the wrong frame. > These questions become even more important when dealing with three > frames. Sometimes two would be linked but not the third. I never got > three to all link and also get the text in the right order. Select frame A, click on link frames icon, select frame B Select frame B, click on link frames icon, select frame C or in 1.3.x: Select frame A, click on link frames icon, select frame B, select frame C. Click back on page to get out of link mode. >> 3) Columns - The template has frames with three columns. I cannot for > the life of me find any way to change those - either to remove columns > or add them to a new frame. Where and how is that done? Shape tab of Properties Palette. > completely nuts. While 1.2.5 is the "official" stable release, I know > that there has been a lot of work done since then. Are any of these > things noticeably easier, more reliable or simply possible in 1.3.3.6? 1.3.3.x is the official stable version these days. 1.3.3.6 is the latest release. 1.3.4x+is the unstable series. Regards Craig
