[Scribus] Text frame with single line?

ruth moulton ruth
Tue Mar 9 20:07:50 CET 2004


the way i read it was  that the line would follow the end of the text frame 
automatically, so if the frame was moved the line would automatically
can one anchor a line to a frame ? 
ruth
> Eilert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is it possible to have a single line (e. g. a simple black one) at one
> > side of a text frame (or a picture frame) only? Or will I have to use
> > the line drawing tool to realise this?
> >
> > The idea is to draw a border line to mark the end of an article in a
> > magazine. If I could just put a line to the right wall of the text
> > frame it would be at the correct position and would have the correct
> > length and orientation for the text frame in question.
> >
> > Regards
> > Rolf
>
> What I would add to Craig's reply is that line drawing is so easy and
> flexible there isn't any reason to have the text frames do this for
> you.  My suggestion would be not to spend much time trying to carefully
> use the mouse to create the line, when you can use Properties to make
> sure it's vertical/horizontal (rotation), and change thickness, length
> and position.  You also can choose whether to have text flow around the
> line, or not.  And if you are going to repeat the same line, use
> Duplicate/Multiple Duplicate.
>
> Gregory Pittman
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