scribus-bounces at lists.scribus.info wrote on 09/30/2009 12:38:44 PM: > hi timothy j, > > > I'm new to Scribus but not new to DTP. I'm trying to create your > > standard fill-in paper form. You know: > > > > Name; __________ > > Address: ________ > > Telephone: ______ > > is there any reason why you aren't putting the fields in one single > field and -- maybe -- align them to the baseline grid?
No reason. In fact, after *much* effort, this is the way I've gone. I use the Leading control to define how far apart each line is from each other. But this is *barely* more capable than a word processor... :( > one alternative, if you want several fields, is to put guides at the > same height as your lines and then manually align the baseline of > the text to the guide. It's the "and manually align" part, multiplied by 50 or 75 lines per *page*. > but, i agree: it would be nice if scribus would snap the baseline of > each line to the guides, not only the frame borders. > not trivial to do right, but it may also not be very hard to > implement, since the baseline can already snap to the baseline grid! I'd be happy with snapping the *frame* to the guideline--if the text could simply align to the *bottom* of the frame instead of the top. Simple, easy, powerful, effective. > i guess it's worth a feature request... Aligning text to bottom (or center) of a frame is *very* much worth a feature request--or several dozen, which has already been done... :( I was hoping someone would have a better way. Manually aligning 50 lines is *not* a better way. But thank you for your suggestions. Tim Massey
