On 04/22/2012 08:05 PM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > Undoubtedly, I did something really screwy and now I cannot figure out how > to undo my mess. First, I noted a bunch of objects that had changed sizes > and positions on some previously completed pages of my 60 page document. > None were locked. Next, the positions of objects seemed to have become > relative to the top and left side of the document, rather than to each > page's top and left border. I managed to get that straightened out, but > now I have a totally confusing situation where I cannot select an object by > left or right clicking on it. > > I can select the object with the Outline dialog, and modify the object by > right clicking on the object line in the Outline dialog. The proper menu > does appear when using the Outline window and the object may be edited. > However, since I cannot left click on the object and select it, the menu > that I should see when a selected object is right-clicked on, does not > appear. Instead, a different, longer menu appears, without any items to > allow editing text for a text window, or getting an image for an image > window. > > Any ideas what to check or un-check or what I may have done? Is there a > setting somewhere to prevent selecting an object by clicking on it? > > Seems bizarre...are you sure you're on the correct layer? version 1.4.0?
I guess I would try a couple of things: Save document, shutdown, start Scribus (maybe even reboot the computer). Open document. Start a new document to see if you get the same behavior. The third thing would be to upload the doc to bugs, make it private if you wish. Greg
