[Scribus] font/color menu quirk

Craig Bradney cbradney
Sun Nov 20 13:07:31 CET 2005


On Sunday 20 November 2005 11:45, Owen wrote:
> Creolophus WC wrote:
> > my problem is:
> >
> > when I select a textframe & open the Story Editor,
> >
> > I try to select a font (from my collection), the whole screen is
> > filled up with the menu (list of fonts...with bold/italic/etc
> > variations)
> > moreover, the menu is not displayed fully ... which forces me to exit
> > Story Editor & find another way to change the font
> >
> > same thing happens when i try to select a color --> half the menu
> > fills up the screen & i cannot see/select from the other half
>
> I think your work flow is wrong
>
> Do not try and set the font and color in the Story editor.
> Use the 'Paragraph styles' to do that...alternatively, after inserting
> the text, right click, bring up the properties box, selext 'Text' and
> make your choices there

I don't think you can say thats is wrong. Either you use styles or you don't. 
Once is not necessary better than the other, it depends on the needs of the 
document.

Craig
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