[scribus] Problem with Styles

[Craig Bradney]

> On 5 Apr 2017, at 22:28, Ken Springer <snowshed1 at q.com> wrote:
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>> On 4/5/17 1:34 PM, scrib at wexfordpress.com wrote:
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>> From: "Ken Springer" <snowshed1 at q.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 12:47 PM
>> To: scribus at lists.scribus.info
>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Problem with Styles
>>> On 4/3/17 4:55 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
>>>> On 04/03/2017 04:57 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
>>>> Windows 7
>>>> 1.5.2
>>>> 
>>>> I guess I'm missing something.
>>>> 
>>>> I can't seem to get a document to pay attention to the font size of a
>>>> style. Linespacing and other things seem to change, but not font size.
>>>> 
>>>> The manual wasn't any help, nor the wiki. Both tell me it can be done,
>>>> but doesn't tell me "how".
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> The tightest control of styles will be using the Edit Style dialog.
>>> Select the Character Style tab to find the font size spinbox.
>>> Even if you import styles from LibreOffice, it's a good idea to check
>>> all the features, plus you can give them a name.
>> 
>> Which is what I've been working with. <G>
>> 
>> Like most people, I suspect, I started out doing the manual formatting
>> like I see most people do in a word processor because they won't do
>> styles, for whatever reason. I wanted to get a good "handle" on doing
>> it that way before moving on to more advanced methods like styles.
>> 
>> I should mention that, at the moment, I'm doing this on Windows 7, fully
>> updated. I also have Scribus in Windows 10, Linux Mint 18.0, and did
>> have it on my Mac. It's now removed from the Mac as I'm changing the
>> purpose of the Mac and no longer need it there.
>> 
>> I plan on adding it to Windows 8.
>> 
>> I have no problem getting what I want using properties (F2) and have "No
>> Style" selected for paragraph and character.
>> 
>> When I add Style Manager (F3) and the Story Editor to this mix, some
>> things don't change.
>> 
>> For instance...
>> 
>> In the Story Editor, I selected a style for a paragraph. In the Style
>> Manager, I make a major change to the Font Size (say from 12 pt. to 50
>> pt.), and change fonts. Nothing else. Click apply. The line spacing
>> changes enormously, but font and font size stays the same.
>> 
>> So, what am I missing here?
>> 
>> I've also noticed, that under the Edit menu, the keyboard shortcut for
>> Edit Text sometimes is displayed, and sometimes it isn't. I've not
>> worked on what triggers this.
>> 
>> I've not imported anything from Libre Office except for a couple of
>> documents.
>> 
>> --
>> Ken
>> The story editor doesn't show the final product. Hit the check mark icon
>> and you will see the final result. and exit the story editor..
>> 
>> Or did you do that already?
> 
> Hi, John,
> 
> Yep, done that more than once.  Obvious changes to the line itself, but font and font size do not change.
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If you have been editing via the palette instead of through styles they may be applied still. There is a sweeper/brush icon on the palette where it will clean manually applied settings and leave only style provided settings.

Craig