[scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 133, Issue 2

Sun Apr 21 06:51:51 UTC 2019

Hi - I'm working on a new project and I'm trying to get a .gif image to
load into Scribus - tried to drag and drop it and that didn't work, tried
copying and pasting and no luck...
Any ideas?

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:41 AM Kevin Ryan <chanceconvergence at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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)
>>    2. Re:  Including guide lines in a pdf export (Owen)
>>    3. Re:  Including guide lines in a pdf export (Gregory Pittman)
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>> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 14:56:57 -0700
>> From: Kevin Ryan <chanceconvergence at gmail.com>
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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>
>> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
>> Subject: Re: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export
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>> 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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>> Message: 3
>> 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
>> Message-ID: <ff46515c-e074-fbdb-3225-f4a8d314309c at iglou.com>
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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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