It is as you say. I'm in 1.3.3.12 on a Window XP machine. I haven't tried it yet in 1.3.5 on my Vista machine at home as I just installed it last evening.
Sidenote: I haven't gone in and fiddled with the keyboard shortcuts so I hope I can fix or reset the Ctrl-Z to Undo instead of open the Story Editor. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:08 AM, John Beardmore <John at t4sltd.co.uk> wrote: > John Beardmore wrote: > >> Gregory Pittman wrote: >> >>> Steven Dayton wrote: >>> >> > But AFAIK text is scaled when you hold the Ctrl key while scaling the >>>>>> box. >>>>>> >>>>> nope >>>>> >>>> >>>> It is the alt key that lets you scale text. And Ctrl-Alt does the same >>>> thing and keep the aspec ration. >>>> >>> >>> Not quite. >>> Ctrl + Alt as you say. >>> Shift + Alt for non-proportional >>> >>> The Alt key alone will have you moving the entire Scribus window. >>> >> >> Really ?? >> >> For me in 1.3.3.12 >> >> Selecting the text box and dragging it with the mouse moves >> the text box, (plus sign with arrowheads / NSEW cursor), >> >> Alt scales with mouse driven aspect ratio, >> (diagonal arrow cursor), >> >> Ctrl+Alt scales with fixed aspect ratio, >> (diagonal arrow cursor), >> >> and >> >> Shift+alt constrains the text box to be square, >> (diagonal arrow cursor). >> > > I suppose I should add that this is under win XP. I don't suppose that > would account for any difference ? > > > > Cheers, J/. > -- > John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI > Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. > http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/<http://www.t4sltd.co.uk/> > Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy > Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor > Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- mmm Bread. From wheat to eat. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090305/14bdc8bc/attachment.htm>
