[scribus] updating positions by editing positions

[Gregory Pittman]

On 10/30/18 6:13 AM, JLuc wrote:
> Le 30/10/2018 à 03:19, Gary Dale a écrit :
>> I checked an item at the top of OwnPage 26 and found that its position seems to be taken approximately from the start of the document - but only if the pages were about 230mm tall instead of the 210mm of the A5 paper size.
> Yes this is it.
> 
> The overhead is for the free workspace between pages.
> 

Look at File > Preferences > Display > Scratch Space tab. The extra distance in XPos should correspond to the Left Scratch Space, and in YPos to the Top Scratch Space. I suppose additional Ypos distances relate to the Vertical Gaps Between Pages.

Greg