[Scribus] Unneccessary Character Duplication

[David Alston]

Greetings!

     Thanks for the help!  The response-time on this mailing list is
     impressive.  Thanks Peter!

          --David Alston

ps.  Sorry about the subject-line not matching  up with the email.  I was
going to see if anyone else was having trouble with Scribus duplicating
random characters in text boxes, but I think that my keyboard is at fault
there.


On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 15:40:41 -0500, "Peter Linnell"
<scribusdocs at atlantictechsolutions.com> said:
> On Friday 26 March 2004 03:22 pm, David Alston wrote:
> > Greetings!
> >
> >      I'm fairly new to Scribus, but I've picked it up fast.  I've been
> >      using it to make fliers and posters for college campus events.
> >
> >      I use the layers option extensively (coming from a GIMP background),
> >      but can't figure out how to select objects across multiple layers.
> 
> You can't - by design.  
> 
> Layers are not only for stacking, but also to protect against accidently 
> moving objects.
> 
> Note: even within a single layer, you can determine the stacking order
> with 
> the right click context menu. In the most recent CVS versions, there are
> new 
> controls for selecting stacked objects on a layer with the mouse. See the
> CVS 
> change log.
> 
> >      Sometimes I'll dedicate a layer to shapes and put the text on it's
> >      own layer.  As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to move the
> >      shape with the text if they're on seperate layers.
> 
> Correct. 
> >
> >      Do I have to put both the shape and the text on the same layer, or
> >      is there another way?
> 
> You can easily put them on the same layer, and then "rubber band" around
> them 
> together by simply dragging around the whole set of objects. This is a 
> temporary grouping, when can then be manipulated as a group. I use this 
> function extensively for alignment.
> 
> You can also permanently group them in the Item menu.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Peter
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