Text flow around picture problem solved! Thanks. I just found out why I had this problem, I did not have a in the layers the text surrounds frame box selected. It seems to be selected by default because when I followed the instructions given by John Culleton it worked but not when I tried the advise in my current work.
Yst?v?llisin terveisin Matti Huomanen 040-7307008 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <scribus at lists.scribus.net> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:59 AM Subject: scribus Digest, Vol 41, Issue 35 > Send scribus mailing list submissions to > scribus at lists.scribus.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > scribus-request at lists.scribus.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > scribus-owner at lists.scribus.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of scribus digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Text flows around frame problem (john at wexfordpress.com) > 2. Re: Text flows around frame problem (Gregory Pittman) > 3. Re: Importing Styles (Gregory Pittman) > 4. Re: Importing Styles (Fred Zimmerman) > 5. Re: Lack of Style Overrides (Mike Sleger) > 6. Re: Importing Styles (Gregory Pittman) > 7. Re: Text flows around frame problem (a.l.e) > 8. Scribus Repositories (Ian "Witty" Whitfield) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:56:31 -0400 > From: john at wexfordpress.com > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] Text flows around frame problem > Message-ID: <20110817165631.16497ba0 at darkstar.example.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:40:20 +0300 > "Matti Huomanen" <matti.huomanen at iki.fi> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm using version 1.3.9 and 1.4 as test bed. My OS is Windows XP 32 >> bit. I've used previous versions of Scribus earlier but with these >> versions I just cannot find a way to make text flow around picture >> frame. I've looked online manuals >> >> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_image_frames#Text_Flows_Around_Frame >> >> but I cannot get the text flow around picture frame. There is no >> effect no matter which selection I choose. >> >> What to try next? >> >> >> Yst?v?llisin terveisin >> Matti Huomanen >> 040-7307008 >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110817/0ca8c1d0/attachment.html> >> ___ 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 >> >> _______________________________________________________ >> Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting >> http://www.doteasy.com > > In theory at least: > Put the text frame on layer x. > Create layer Y over layer x. > Make Layer Y active. > Put graphic on layer y, > Right click on graphic. > Select Properties > Select Shape > Select Use Frame Shape > > --- > John Culleton > Wexfordpress > "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > Done > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:20:54 -0400 > From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > Subject: Re: [scribus] Text flows around frame problem > Message-ID: <4E4C30B6.8040508 at yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 08/17/2011 04:56 PM, john at wexfordpress.com wrote: >> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:40:20 +0300 >> "Matti Huomanen"<matti.huomanen at iki.fi> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I'm using version 1.3.9 and 1.4 as test bed. My OS is Windows XP 32 >>> bit. I've used previous versions of Scribus earlier but with these >>> versions I just cannot find a way to make text flow around picture >>> frame. I've looked online manuals >>> >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_image_frames#Text_Flows_Around_Frame >>> >>> but I cannot get the text flow around picture frame. There is no >>> effect no matter which selection I choose. >>> >>> What to try next? >>> >>> >>> Yst?v?llisin terveisin >>> Matti Huomanen >>> 040-7307008 >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110817/0ca8c1d0/attachment.html> >>> ___ 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________________ >>> Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting >>> http://www.doteasy.com >> >> In theory at least: >> Put the text frame on layer x. >> Create layer Y over layer x. >> Make Layer Y active. >> Put graphic on layer y, >> Right click on graphic. >> Select Properties >> Select Shape >> Select Use Frame Shape > > You don't really need another layer, just that the image frame must be > on a level higher than the text frame. > > Also, note that the Text Flows Around Frame is a property of your image > frame, the the text frame that has flowing text. > > Greg > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:28:16 -0400 > From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > Subject: Re: [scribus] Importing Styles > Message-ID: <4E4C3270.7080004 at yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 08/17/2011 10:59 AM, a.l.e wrote: >> hi fred, >> >>> Am I correct that the Scripter does not yet support an "Import Styles >>> from File" command? >> >> please add a request in the bug tracker... >> > > In the meantime, you can always import styles prior to running some > script. > > You might also open a document, in which case its styles would be > included, even if it were otherwise blank. > > Finally, there are commands to create paragraph and character styles > from within your script. > > Greg > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:04:49 -0400 > From: Fred Zimmerman <wfz at nimblebooks.com> > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > Subject: Re: [scribus] Importing Styles > Message-ID: > <CAA4zubG7ZJVYAuijHkLES0fZT6f43Ba+pGoa4HpZdAYZ9SXHcg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yes, but these are all a bit away from the push-button experience that one > would want. > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 17:28, Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On 08/17/2011 10:59 AM, a.l.e wrote: >> >>> hi fred, >>> >>> Am I correct that the Scripter does not yet support an "Import Styles >>>> from File" command? >>>> >>> >>> please add a request in the bug tracker... >>> >>> >> In the meantime, you can always import styles prior to running some >> script. >> >> You might also open a document, in which case its styles would be >> included, >> even if it were otherwise blank. >> >> Finally, there are commands to create paragraph and character styles from >> within your script. >> >> Greg >> >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/**mailman/listinfo/scribus<http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus> >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110817/2037f4f9/attachment.html> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:14:04 -0600 > From: Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > Subject: Re: [scribus] Lack of Style Overrides > Message-ID: <E475D2B7-83C8-41BD-BADA-84A9C9EFF58E at q.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 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. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:14:29 -0400 > From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net> > Subject: Re: [scribus] Importing Styles > Message-ID: <4E4C5965.5060200 at yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 08/17/2011 07:04 PM, Fred Zimmerman wrote: >> Yes, but these are all a bit away from the push-button experience that >> one >> would want. >> > Hmm. Not sure there is a push-button approach. If you imagine how > scripter works, you would have to select a file, then select one or more > styles from the document, so not only do you have the process needed for > importing as you would in Scribus itself, you have the programming to > tell Scripter how to make that happen. > > Greg > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:45:08 +0200 > From: "a.l.e" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] Text flows around frame problem > Message-ID: <20110818084508.218817cf at eisflach> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > hi > >> >> but I cannot get the text flow around picture frame. There is no >> >> effect no matter which selection I choose. >> You don't really need another layer, just that the image frame must >> be on a level higher than the text frame. > > so, the "correct" workflow is: > > - create a text frame > - create an image frame > - make sure that the image frame is selected > - activate the properties palette (windows > properties) > - go to the shape tab of the PP > - in "text flow around frame" choose something else than disabled > ("use frame shape" is a good start). > > > if you already have both the text and image frame: > > - select the image frame > - activate the properties palette (windows > properties) > - make sure that the image is on top of the text frame. > eventually, go to the "xyz" tab and move it to the top with the green > arrow > - go to the shape tab of the PP > - in "text flow around frame" choose something else than disabled > ("use frame shape" is a good start). > > ciao > a.l.e > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:58:59 +0200 > From: "Ian \"Witty\" Whitfield" <editor at federalsaints.net> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: [scribus] Scribus Repositories > Message-ID: <4E4CC643.1030001 at federalsaints.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi All > > I'm back into my old problem again!! This seems to happen every time I > do a rebuild!! > > I'm rebuilding my computer here - from scratch - and can not get the > latest version. The repos that worked before now just give me errors!! > > (Question - Why does this always happen!!!???) > > Can some kind person give me the latest lines I need to add to Package > Manager to get the latest version please? > > Thanks a lot > > Ian Whitfield > Linux Mint 10 KDE > editor at federalsaints dot net > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.net > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > End of scribus Digest, Vol 41, Issue 35 > *************************************** >
