[Scribus] 2 Questions From A Newbie

[Redefined Horizons]

Thank you Christopher, Gregory and Louis.

You answered both of my questions. I tried the "distance to text"
property and it does look like I can use it to center the text
content.

Landon

On 1/30/06, Christoph Sch?fer <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Landon,
>
> Am Montag, 30. Januar 2006 18:19 schrieb Louis Desjardins:
> > Redefined Horizons a ?crit :
> > > I have to simple Scribus questions. I am a new user of Scribus and
> > > Linux, so please bear with me. :]
> >
> > First of all, welcome to Scribus!
> >
> > > [1] Is there a way to wrap text along a line that is not at cardinal
> > > directions? Is there a way to draw a shape like an irregular polygon
> > > and then fit text within this shape?
> >
> > You can turn a shape into a text frame or an image frame. CTRL-click on
> > it will get you a contextual menu. There you can Convert to > Text or
> > Image frame. Once this is done, using the same contextual menu you can
> > now Get Text (+ other options).
>
> In addition to what Louis wrote, you can also edit the shape of a text frame
> directly through the properties palette:
>
> Select text frame > right click > properties palette > shape > edit shape.
>
> >
> > > [2] Is there a way to align text vertically in the text box that contains
> > > it?
> >
> > There is no automatic way (feature not implemented yet). But can
> > determine the space between the text frame and the text in the
> > Properties palette > Shape > Distance to text.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Louis
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Landon
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christoph
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