[Scribus] framed frames

[Gregory Pittman]

Christoph Sch?fer wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 1. August 2006 01:50 schrieb Gracia M. Littauer:
>   
>> May I say the word that one dares not speak it's name ;^) & ask is there
>> a 'simple' way to frame a text box (frame) with a line around it? I
>> know the work around..make a frame bigger, filled in color & put it
>> behind or worse draw 4 lines to enclose it.
>>     
>
> Hi Gracia,
>
> it's as simple as it can be ;) :
>
> select the frame, open the properties palette, if haven't already, then choose 
> the colour tab. Klick the pencil symbol and choose your colour. If you want 
> to change the line width, go to the line tab and change it as you please.
>   
The wiki is your friend:
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_text_frames#Properties:_Line_Tab

and also, go up the page a bit to see how to adjust the space between 
the border and the contents in the Shape Tab.

Greg