i see this would work, i've dabbled with that. The trick is to do it while importing using a text filter because manually doing that for every header (when there is well over 200 of them) in a weekly time sensitive magazine just doesn't cut it.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 7:23 AM, a.l.e <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale.comp_06@xox.ch">ale.comp_06@xox.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
hi owen,<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
> >> > is there any way to make white text with a black background that<br>
> >> > spans the width of a column while importing with the text filter?<br>
> >> We<br>
> >> > import a text file which is many pages long and has many headings<br>
> >> in<br>
> >> > it. Our headings are white text and we make them stand out by<br>
> >> > putting a black bg color behind it the width of the column.<br>
> >> > Currently in quark we accomplish this by using a black line style<br>
> >> > and then bump it up in behind the white text above it. It doesn't<br>
> >> > appear you can apply a line style to a paragraph style in scribus<br>
> >> > yet, nor can you select to apply a line style while importing<br>
> >> > with a text filter.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > Is there any way to accomplish this currently?<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> Only a suggestion. (untested)<br>
> >><br>
> >> You don't say, but I assume you import the text from Open Office<br>
> >> and thereby obtain a style for the heading.<br>
> >><br>
> >> OK, now having imported it all,<br>
> >><br>
> >> a. set up all your black backgrounds on another layer<br>
> >> b. Duplicate the imported header style<br>
> >> c. Edit it to change the color to white<br>
> >> d. Go round and change the paragraph styles to the new style for<br>
> >> those<br>
> >> headers<br>
> ><br>
> > well, owen, i think that i don't fully get what you're suggesting<br>
> > here... but i just wanted to point to you that scribus does not have<br>
> > any background color for paragraph styles... afaik...<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Here is a 1.5 MByte, 32 second blockbuster movie giving the general<br>
> idea of what I was trying to say<br>
><br>
><br>
> <a href="http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/Scribus/Scribus_White_on_Black.ogv" target="_blank">http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/Scribus/Scribus_White_on_Black.ogv</a><br>
<br>
</div></div>why use a hammer when you can use a screwdriver... no, it was<br>
the other way round...<br>
<br>
however:<br>
<br>
- create a black shape<br>
- create a text frame on top of it<br>
- give them the form you wish<br>
- group them<br>
- you can still edit the text if you hold down the alt key while double<br>
clicking on it (or you can open the story editor if you prefer)<br>
<br>
or is there any specific reason why you are putting the shape on a<br>
different layer?<br>
<br>
ciao<br>
<font color="#888888">a.l.e<br>
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