[Scribus] lazy question

[Louis Desjardins]

Donny Phillips a ?crit :

> Thank you Louis
> 
> Did not know about how the auto text frame worked.
> I guess if I add a few hundred pages I can go back and delete
> the ones that are blank after my text runs out ??

Yes, exactly.

Cheers!

Louis

> 
> cheers
> Donny
> 
> PS
> 
> capability   c-a-p-a-b-i-l-i-t-y   capability  
> just wanted the community to know that I could spell :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Louis Desjardins wrote:
> 
>>Donny Phillips a ?crit :
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>>  
>>
>>>Actually I looked and tried so forgive me:
>>>
>>>I want to read in a big text file into a text box and have my book grow 
>>>in pages automatically to hold my text.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Check the "Automatic text frame" option in the "New" dialog.
>>Import your whole text in page 1 via the "Get text" command.
>>Then create as many pages as you need from the Page menu.
>>Then refresh the screen.
>>Your text will fill as many pages as it needs.
>>
>>This can also be done by hand using the "Link" tool.
>>
>>Depending upon Scribus versions, there might be slight changes in that 
>>behaviour but basically this is how it works.
>>
>>HTH
>>
>>Louis
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Is this a cabability ?
>>>how do you do it?
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>Donny
>>>
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