[scribus] Problem with Styles

[Ken Springer]

On 4/5/17 2:40 PM, Craig Bradney wrote:
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>> 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".
>>>>>
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>>>> 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.

What is your/Scribus's definition of "palette"?  The word to me means a 
dialogue box/windows where I select a new color.  :-)

And hopefully, said icon actually looks like a brush instead of a modern 
Rorschach test!


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Ken
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