On Sunday 23 March 2008 12:01:41 pm Gregory Pittman wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > I know I can add a graphic frame to the entire page, edge to edge and > > change its color using preferences. Can I do the same for the entire page > > without using a graphic frame? The page properties don't seem to include > > color. > > > > Scribus 1.3.3.11 on Linux. > > In File > Preferences > Display you can have your document background > any color you like. This will not, however, be exported to the PDF or > print on your local printer. You might use this when you plan to have > your document printed on some color stock, so that when you're working > in Scribus you can see something resembling the final result, subject, > of course to the same potential mismatch between screen and your paper > stock that you generally face with color management. > > So, to actually export or print a background color, you have to make a > page-sized background frame of one kind or another. > This is what I want , for book cover art. > Greg
Preflight gets grumpy if it is a picture frame with no picture, so I will try a text frame instead. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
