<div dir="ltr"><div style>Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. This is one of those things that drive me crazy.</div><div><br></div>I am still not able to get this right. Here are the exact steps I am taking:<div>
<br></div><div><ol style><li style>Create Shape...Insert shape, open properties - change fill to cyan, fill rule is even-odd.</li><li style>Create Text...Insert text frame above shape, add text, format bold</li><li style>
Convert text to Outlines.</li><li style>Select shape and text.</li><li style>Combine polygons.</li></ol><div style>What I end up with is my original blue shape with a WHITE box surrounding my text which is now blue like the shape. </div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Like the example here: <a href="http://documentation.scribus.net/index.php/Text_Over_Images" target="_blank">http://documentation.scribus.net/index.php/Text_Over_Images</a> </div><div style>
<br></div><div style>I am trying to end up with my blue shape with the text "cut-out" from it showing the level beneath it. </div></div><div style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Any other ideas as to what I am doing wrong??</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Gregory Pittman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gpittman@iglou.com" target="_blank">gpittman@iglou.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">On 12/18/2012 02:54 PM, Mike Fetherling wrote:<br>
> I saw the example of putting a cutout of text over an image that I can not<br>
> seam to re-create. I am wondering if the procedure has changed due to<br>
> program revisions/updates.<br>
><br>
> What I am looking at is located here:<br>
> <a href="http://documentation.scribus.net/index.php/Text_Over_Images" target="_blank">http://documentation.scribus.net/index.php/Text_Over_Images</a><br>
><br>
> Specifically, I am trying to recreate these instructions:<br>
><br>
> *Create a Text Frame for your text, convert it to outlines by using Item ><br>
> Convert to Outlines. Move it over a shape, for example a rectangular.<br>
> Select both objects and use Item > Combine Polygons. If you move the new<br>
> object over an image now , the image can be seen through the text.*<br>
> *<br>
> *<br>
> After having tried this a dozen times, I never end up with a cutout of text<br>
> where I can see through to a lower image.<br>
><br>
Give a background color to your combined polygon.<br>
The next thing to check is in the Shape tab -- the Fill Rule. You<br>
probably want Even-Odd, rather than Non Zero, if the inside of the text<br>
is not transparent.<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
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