[scribus] Problem with Styles

[Craig Bradney]

> On 6 Apr 2017, at 00:43, Ken Springer <snowshed1 at q.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/5/17 2:40 PM, Craig Bradney wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>> On 5 Apr 2017, at 22:28, Ken Springer <snowshed1 at q.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 4/5/17 1:34 PM, scrib at wexfordpress.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>> 
>> 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!
> 
> 

Properties Palette if you are using 1.5.2 or Text Palette if you are using 1.5.3.svn

Craig