Thank you for your response. I thought about the (empty frame + superimposition) approach, but I wanted to check first to see if my conclusion about text wrap was correct.
I will experiment with the "ungroup" method, and with the unexpected resizing, to see if I can learn anything additional. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > Gregory Pittman wrote: > >> Mike Morris wrote: >> >>> I am using Scribus 1.3.3.11 for Windows on a Win XP/Pro SP3 computer >>> with a >>> 1.5 GHz Pentium M processor and 2 GB of RAM. >>> >>> 1. I am new to Scribus, and to the SVG format. I viewed the information >>> on >>> the wiki that says SVG format files cannot be inserted in a frame. Does >>> that mean that text wrap cannot be applied? >>> >> yes. Text-wrap will only apply to frames -- text, image, shape, and >> polygon (parts of an SVG may be labelled Polygon N in Properties, but they >> don't behave the same). If you can get any text wrap, it will apply to the >> drawn elements of the SVG. As a workaround, make an empty frame the size and >> shape you need superimposed on the SVG, then wrap around that. Note that >> text wrap will happen in text frames underneath (lower levels and layers) >> the frame you are wrapping around. >> >>> I tried the Text Flow choices >>> in the Properties box without success. I did not find any info on this >>> issue in the wiki, nor did my search of the mailing list provide any >>> results. Have I missed something? >>> >> On rechecking and playing around, it is feasible to Item > Ungroup your > SVG, *then* apply text flows, but you will need to do it to each element > where you need to in order to get the desired effect, and you can choose to > wrap around the drawn element, the bounding box, or contour line (which will > initially be the same as the shape of element, yet independently editable). > This may or may not be worth the effort. > > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20080925/743b19b0/attachment.htm>
