[scribus] Paragraph distance from frame's upper edge

[David Duncan]

On 21/12/2012 10:11, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> From the old Scribus, I took a layout to the new one. There is a 
> textbox with a gray background and a bold word in it "JANUARY 2013".
>
> In the old Scribus, the first line of this paragraph held some 
> distance to the upper edge of the frame, so this word would be in the 
> middle of the gray box.
>
> In the new Scribus, the letters are kept directly at the upper edge. 
> When I try to adjust "upper distance of paragraph", it doesn't react. 
> Why?
>
> Somehow I would like to get the word a bit deeper into the middle of 
> the box. Can I achieve this with the paragraph style, or will I have 
> to use another box for the text over the gray one?
>
> Thanks for your ideas!
>
> Rolf
>
Hi Rolf. How did you try adjust the distance? Did you adjust the space 
using  properties box -> columns and text distances -> top?

Dave