Thanks for the great ideas. I LOVE Scribus. I just have to get better. I'm only 2 weeks in.
On 07/20/2016 08:34 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 07/20/2016 03:49 AM, ale rimoldi wrote: >> hi michelle >> >> >>> I am creating a double sided manual with facing pages. Each page will >>> have a 2 inch outside notes panel and a larger inner content panel. So >>> there is a right and left notes panel and a right and left content >>> panel. The notes panel will only be printed for the trainer guide so >>> they need to be in a separate layer. >>> >>> Is there a way to have new pages inserted with editable text boxes on >>> them such that the notes panels are in one layer and the content panels >>> are in another layer? >> no, not really. >> >> but you can put the set of boxes in the scrapbook and double click on >> the scrapbook item to get them placed at the same place as they were >> when you put them in the scrapbook. >> >> so: >> >> - create your items, group them, "item > send to scrapbook" (you can >> create them on a master page that you then won't use) >> - create your layers for the whole document. >> - for each new page go to both layers and double click on the matching >> scrapbook item. >> - ungroup them for editing / moving around >> >> basically, you only have two extra double clicks to do... not much >> effort to keep the full control on what happens and avoid headaches with >> automatic generated items... >> >>> Or is there a way to create some sort of library item for each panel >>> (assigned to the correct layer) that can be inserted after the new page >>> is added? >> that's a good idea: when a page with a specific master page is created, >> automatically add one ore more scrapbook entries! >> >> - it's not there yet, >> - but would be pretty easy to program >> - would mostly solve the issues related to the non editable items on the >> master page. (scrapbook + pattern items!) >> - (the template items could be on a "master page" layer that does not >> get printed) >> >> does anybody want to do a UX / UI proposal for this feature? >> > Here is an alternative way to approach your document, by using Master Pages. > > If you create right and left Master Pages, you can edit them to create > guides which will be specific for the right or left pages. As you add > pages, each right or left page will have its corresponding Master Page > and its guide(s). > Where this becomes useful in your case is that you can use the guides > along with the margins to create a text frame. For example, if you > select the Text frame icon or type 'T', then hold down Shift and click > somewhere on the page, a text frame is created which fill the space up > to the nearest margin or guide in all four directions. Try this out to > see what I mean. > > As you add pages, then you would need to repeat this Shift-click method > as you go. > > At least at this time, guides are not specific for particular layers, > which might also be useful. When you use this above technique to create > a text frame, it will only be on the current layer which is being edited > -- you can only work on one layer at a time. Frames can be moved from > one layer to another and layers can be made invisible or nonprinting > (and will therefore not export to PDF), in case that is useful. > > 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
