jwminer at accessvt.com wrote: > The current discussion about applying styles seems an opportune time > to bring up something that has always bothered me about Scribus. I > don't like the "text" option in the Properties window. > > I think a DTP application should be based on frames and styles. If > you want body text, make a body text style. If you want headings, > make a heading style, a subhead style, whatever you need. If you > want a hanging indent, make a style for it. DON'T select text and > apply formatting that way. Styles permit easy global changes and > consistency of text elements throughout a document. > > What's the point of having a text tab for a text box? Why not just > apply a paragraph style? I think having a text tab encourages bad > working habits, especially in new users who come from a word > processor. > Sometimes I'm doing something stupidly simple in Scribus. I don't need a style. I just make a text frame, enter text then fiddle in the main window to get what I want from the Text tab. Not everything I do in Scribus needs all the features.
Greg