On 12/21/2012 03:48 AM, a.l.e wrote: > hi rolf >> Hi, >> >> From the old Scribus, I took a layout to the new one. There is a >> textbox with a gray background and a bold word in it "JANUARY 2013". >> >> In the old Scribus, the first line of this paragraph held some >> distance to the upper edge of the frame, so this word would be in the >> middle of the gray box. >> >> In the new Scribus, the letters are kept directly at the upper edge. >> When I try to adjust "upper distance of paragraph", it doesn't react. >> Why? >> >> Somehow I would like to get the word a bit deeper into the middle of >> the box. Can I achieve this with the paragraph style, or will I have >> to use another box for the text over the gray one? > > there was an error in the way scribus 1.3.3.14 calculated the line > spacing for the first line (in some specific cases). > > this has been corrected in 1.4.1: this is the reason why, in some cases, > you see a difference. > > if you want to control the space above the first line in the frame: > - use the frame distances as david suggests > - or play with the settings for the first line offset (also in the > properties palette) and the different ways you can set the line height > (in the text tab of the PP). please, try to understand what the > different options mean and do not just settle for a way that looks ok on > the monitor... this will ensure that the space is always correctly > calculated, also in future version of scribus :-) >
AFAIK, the settings for space above a new paragraph do not work for the first paragraph in a text frame (which I think makes sense), so you probably must set the Top distance in the Shape tab. Greg
