[Scribus] Text from database

Craig Bradney cbradney
Fri Aug 20 19:07:18 CEST 2004


On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 03:03, Wayne Maeda wrote:
> On Thursday 19 August 2004 04:06 pm, Craig Bradney wrote:
> 
> > If you can get it into CSV format, just import it into Scribus. The new
> > text importer has a csv filter.
> >
> > As for DB stuff.. its all planned.. :) Time time time
> 
> I just imported a CSV file into Scribus. Now I'm trying to format the data. 
> How does one do a search and replace on a paragraph (carraige return)? What 
> character do I use to represent the CR? I guess I really should import the 
> CSV into Open Office first and format it in there.
> 
> Currently, I'm printing my database output to a generic text printer, then 
> using a macro that I created to clean and format the text. It's not 100% but 
> good enough.
> 
> Keep up the good work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Wayne

Have a look in your paragraph styles. You will have a style for your
data and header... 

as for s&r on CR.. not sure.. will look.

Craig
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