Thanks! I appreciate the fast help. BTW, I am really appreciating the control that Scribus gives. My documents look much more professional than what I can do with a word processor.
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> First let me apologize if this is a duplicate email. I sent this message >>> to >>> the group and it was held for moderation, but I need help rather quickly >>> (or >>> I need to abandon Scribus for some other layout system), so I signed up >>> for >>> the group in order to bypass moderation. >>> >>> I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I am having trouble, I >>> looked >>> through the documentation, and I can't find an answer. >>> >>> BTW, I am using Scribus 1.3.3.14 on Windows XP. >>> >>> There are two problems. >>> >>> First, I cannot change the text color. I right click on 'properties' and >>> click the 'text' tab. There are two color options, one with a paint >>> bucket >>> next to it nd one with a pen which is writing next to it. I assume that >>> the >>> pen writing is what will change the text color, correct? But it is >>> grayed >>> out and I cannot change it. >>> >> > First of all, don't go to the Color tab. This is for the background and > border of the frame. > > The color selector for text is in the Text tab of Properties. For the body > of the glyph, it's the fill icon labeled selector. The pen is for the > outline and any shadow that might be selected, so if you haven't selected > either, that's why it's grayed out. > > 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/20101227/cc3fed66/attachment.htm>
