[scribus] Some basic questions

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Mon Oct 13 23:50:01 CEST 2008


Mike Breiding wrote:
> Greetings,
> I am a master of missing the obvious. But i did look and look and look...
>
> 1.
> How do I delete and image from and image frame?
right-click brings up the Context menu, where you can Clear Contents, 
but if you want to replace the image, just do Get Image and the new one 
replaces the old.
> Does unchecking"Image Visible" remove the image allowing for another 
> image be placed? This is what I am doing to change an image.
This just hides its visibility. It's still there.


I would recommend checking out the wiki:
http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Working_with_image_frames

and related Working with articles. You might also check the tutorial.

> 2.
> At some point when i double clicked on an image frame a dialog would 
> open showing the available files.
> This does not happen now and I have to choose "Get image" from the menu.
> Did I do something to disable this?
see above about Context menu
>
> 3.
> How do I nudge a frame in small increments?
Bring up the Properties palette: Window > Properties or F2. This has all 
sorts of essential settings, including spinboxes for position.

Greg




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