[scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 133, Issue 2

Mon Apr 8 14:41:24 UTC 2019

Thank you for the tips!  I’ll try it out and hopefully make it exact.

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>    1.  Including guide lines in a pdf export (Kevin Ryan)
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> Hi, I'm trying to make a pdf with a grid on it like the guide lines that
> you can select to show up in Scribus... Is there a way to export a pdf that
> will show these guidelines?  I don't want to have to make a bunch of tables
> that overlap the lines because it will be hard to get them to be precise
> and it'll be a lot of work...  Thank you for any advice on this!  Peace.
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> From: Owen <owen.cook at gmx.com>
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> Hi,
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> It is probably easier than you think.
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> 1.  Draw one grid line (line tool)
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> 2.  Then go to "Item-> Multiple duplicate"
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> 3.  You can the group them all and move it to precisely where you would
> like it.
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>
> Then you can play with line widths, colors and style.
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>
> Owen
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> > Subject: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export
> >
> > Hi, I'm trying to make a pdf with a grid on it like the guide lines that
> > you can select to show up in Scribus... Is there a way to export a pdf
> that
> > will show these guidelines?  I don't want to have to make a bunch of
> tables
> > that overlap the lines because it will be hard to get them to be precise
> > and it'll be a lot of work...  Thank you for any advice on this!  Peace.
>
>
>
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> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 20:07:27 -0400
> From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export
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> Here's a few things I would add to Owen's suggestions:
>
> Create a new layer on top of the document - hit F6 or Windows > Layers to
> bring up the dialog, then hit the button with the + sign to make a new
> layer on top. Since you can only work on one layer at a time, you can play
> around with the lines/grid without messing up your page content. You can
> also uncheck its visibility or printability at any time. You can even
> change its opacity in case that's of any use. Note that you can switch
> layers on the main canvas with the drop down list at the bottom of the
> window - the default is Background, so you don't have to bring up the
> Layers dialog just to switch layers. Using layers also would be useful in
> case there is some page content you want to be above the grid - just put it
> on a layer above the grid's layer. You may have noticed that there is an
> item Send to Layer in the context menu for all objects.
> If you hold down Ctrl while drawing the line, it will help ensure that the
> first line is exactly horizontal or vertical, since the line will be
> constrained to 15? incremental angles.
> If you want to draw a line from edge to edge, just approximate it - i.e.,
> don't get too fiddly with it. Once it's drawn, then go to Properties >
> Geometry and make its X-Pos and Y-Pos 0, and the "Width" (really the
> length) either the height or width of the page.
> If you know what features you want the line to have, for example color,
> width, type of line, etc., do it before you run multiple duplicate. BTW, to
> change the color, you want to change the color of the Stroke, not the Fill.
> If you make a mistake with Multiple Duplicate, just hitting Undo once gets
> rid of all the copies. This way you can play around with spacing or the
> number of lines.
> Finally, since you're working on this grid on its own layer, you can use
> Edit > Select All to select all the lines on the layer in case you want to
> tweak settings afterward.
>
> More advanced stuff:
> What if you have a multipage document, and want the grid on all the pages?
> Edit > Select All, then right-click, select Edit > Cut. Now, from the menu,
> Edit > Master Pages, and switch to the layer you choose, and Edit > Paste
> to the Master Page. If you want it selectively on only some pages, then
> you'll need more than one Master Page.
> What if you want to use this grid over again, without starting from
> scratch? Edit > Select all, then right-click and Send to the Scrapbook.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On 4/7/19 6:47 PM, Owen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > It is probably easier than you think.
> >
> > 1.  Draw one grid line (line tool)
> >
> > 2.  Then go to "Item-> Multiple duplicate"
> >
> > 3.  You can the group them all and move it to precisely where you would
> like it.
> >
> >
> > Then you can play with line widths, colors and style.
> >
> >
> >
> > Owen
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Subject: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export
> >>
> >> Hi, I'm trying to make a pdf with a grid on it like the guide lines that
> >> you can select to show up in Scribus... Is there a way to export a pdf
> that
> >> will show these guidelines?  I don't want to have to make a bunch of
> tables
> >> that overlap the lines because it will be hard to get them to be precise
> >> and it'll be a lot of work...  Thank you for any advice on this!  Peace.
>
>
>
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