I force quit less often than I used to! Scribus doesn't like sudden changes or doing things too quickly. I'm using OSX too. I save frequently.
Good luck with it all. Nicki Sent from my iPhone > On 11 Dec 2013, at 15:17, Jenny Jones <jay.jay at virgin.net> wrote: > > Many thanks to everyone. I force quit and rebooted and now seem to be able > to edit through the main screen making sure I double click to get the cursor > rather than the hand up. > > Probably operator error - I did say I was a newbie!! > > You've all been very kind and the tips you've all given me will be of use in > the future I'm sure. Hope I haven't wasted your time. > > Jan > >> On 11 Dec 2013, at 15:10, Gregory Pittman wrote: >> >>> On 12/11/2013 09:51 AM, Jenny Jones wrote: >>> I'm on OSX 10 6 8. >>> >>> Have been working through your advice sheet and have progressed to >>> developing some styles but when I tried to work direct in text boxes on >>> main page as you suggest the whole programme has become hung with the time >>> wheel in place for the last 10 minutes so unable to do anything - even >>> close the window. >>> >>> Also, some of the short cuts aren't working, eg: pressing F3 for style >>> manager or tapping the space bar to get the hand cursor up. >> >> I changed the Subject to more accurately reflect this topic. >> >> Some systems have trouble with certain shortcuts due to the shortcut >> already being used by the system. OSX of course has some differences in >> keys and the mouse too. >> >> For most things there are different ways to accomplish most tasks. There >> is an icon on the toolbar for Edit Contents mode (capital 'A' with a >> vertical bar superimposed), and its shortcut is 'E'. Clicking outside >> the frame or pressing Esc will get you out of Edit Contents mode. >> >> In Select Item mode, changes you make to the font, either manually >> changing features in the Text tab of Properties, or selecting a >> paragraph style, will be applied to all the text in the frame. >> >> In Edit Contents mode, you will find that nothing happens when you try >> to manually change font parameters until you highlight some text. On the >> other hand, applying a paragraph style should happen to whatever >> paragraph the cursor is in, or in the paragraph(s) where text is >> highlighted. >> >> It won't hurt for you to fish through various parts of the online manual >> to see what information and advice is there. >> >> Greg >> >> >> ___ >> 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 > > > ___ > 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
