On 01/10/2012 07:08 AM, Peter Nermander wrote: >> I wonder also why you, Greg, suggest this is not what DTP programs >> should do? I consider this to be very fundamental to preparation and >> layout of a publication!! I know it would make my life a hell of a lot >> easier with what I do and I'm very happy to just have to 'tweak' the >> position here and there on my final proofing. > > What Greg means is that Scribus is a Page Layout program. That means > you use it to place (lay out) content on pages. Then you do not want > content to move without you explicitly moving it. > > What you are asking for is more what a Word Processing program would > to. Why not try Writer? I bet it does all what you want, and also > exports to PDF. >
What I meant was that, even with some sort of anchoring mechanism, I think you will likely need to tweak anyway. Most of us (I think) are very particular about the appearance and positioning of the graphics relative to text, so I just tried to envision how I might get some automated way to maintain that, and I can't envision that I would be satisfied. Greg
