[scribus] Text frame help please!

[Gregory Pittman]

Jane Woodall wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> Have just downloaded Scribus because I want to create a family tree. I know there are dedicated programmes but they don't give as much flexibility as DTP. 
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> In Aldus Pagemaker you could type the text you wanted onto the page (eg John Smith) and that became a 'box' that you could then resize and place anywhere you liked. That's what I want to do.. but when I tried Scribus last night I struggled.
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> I put in a text frame and typed John Smith in via story editor - but then the text frame appeared to be empty on the page. 
>
>   
not sure why this is happening. What is your OS? What version of 
Scribus? Maybe try changing text font or size...
> Is it possible to type text straight onto the page as described above? 
>   
Yes, use Edit Contents mode. Press E to enter it (or click the icon on 
the toolbar). Click outside the frame to stop Edit Contents mode.
> If not, how do I get round it? The Scribus instructions suggest compiling a folder of text and images - that's fine if, say, you're using a large block of text and a couple of images for an advert. I don't want to be typing two lines of text and saving that as a word file to import - I'd have 100 word files! 
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> Also the programme tells me I don';t have ghostscript? Is this a problem and if so where's a clear link to download it from - I searched the site and got confused as to what was what. (Plus there was a very annoying banner advert sat right over some of the useful info!) 
>   
yes, you need ghostscript. Sounds like you may be using Windows. Check this:

http://www.scribus.net/?q=windows

Greg