On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:07 AM, john at wexfordpress.com wrote: > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:44:40 -0600 > Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> wrote: > >> I really, really do not not like how only some (but not all) of a >> paragraph's style settings can be overridden in the Properties >> window. This means that each and every time I want to modify the >> left indent, right indent, tab settings, etc for a specific >> paragraph, I need to declare another damned style. Why can't each >> setting in a paragraph's style have a complimentary override option >> outside the context of the Styles manager? What's with this apparent >> love affair with styles? I should have the freedom to format my text >> however I please, either with or without a style. In my opinion, a >> style should only need to be defined when a particular text style is >> to be repeated in a document. Otherwise, just format the single >> occurrence manually. (Unless you're in Scribus, then forget it and >> resort to defining yet another bloody style...) ___ Scribus Mailing >> List: scribus at lists.scribus.net Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net > > (Almost) anything you can do with styles can be done on individual > paragraphs via the Story Editor. Just right click on the text frame > and select "Edit Text."
Unless I'm blatantly missing something, there is no way to define left indent, right indent, hanging indent, space before a paragraph, space after a paragraph, and text baseline offset from within Story Editor (excluding styles, which is the whole point). Furthermore, since these settings directly impact the placement of characters in a frame, I should want to see changes to their values immediately (for tuning) rather than manually refresh the contents of a frame from the Story Editor. Don't get me wrong - styles are great and I do use them. But there are times when I want to deviate a specific layout feature just once in a document, and it's ridiculous to require defining a whole new style just for that one customization.
