<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Master page is behind the background layer of book block pages.</span><br></div><div>The Master page itself can contain multiple layers and levels, but the complete sandwich that comprises the Master page is still the base for any content layers that are contained in the book block.</div><div>Though the Master page was being applied after the book block pages had been created, the stack of Master page layer-1 through Master page layer-n are all placed behind Page-x Layer-1.</div><div>It would make it extremely difficult to work on pages upon which the Master page had already been applied if the Master page did not reside in the background.</div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">
<div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> William Adams <will.adams@frycomm.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Scribus User Mailing List <scribus@lists.scribus.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:46 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [scribus] Editing an existing document (ShapeOko build
instructions) --- adding graphics to a master page not showing?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Okay, I am:<br><br> - working on the instructions for an opensource milling machine downloaded from Github<br> - have had to split the cover off as a separate file, since I couldn't get the cover page numbered as ``A'' in the exported .pdf despite finding File | Document Setup | Sections and setting the first page to be ``A''<br> - have been coping w/ interface limitations<br> - tried to place a graphic on _all_ the pages by:<br><br> - making a new layer<br> - moving it to the top<br> - editing the Master Page ``Normal'' and pasting in the desired graphic and putting it on the new, top-most layer<br> - applying the Master Page to all pages<br><br>The graphic isn't showing up on top of the existing content --- why not?<br><br>William<br><br>-- <br>William Adams<br>senior graphic designer<br>Fry Communications<br>Sphinx of black quartz,
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