[Scribus] two questions

[linuxlingam]

On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 05:36, Craig Bradney wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 01:43, linuxlingam wrote:
> [snip] wish to see the three columns in guidelines.
> 
> Feature request # 305...

;-)
> 
> > 2) on creating a text-frame, adding text in 100% black, then selecting
> > the text-frame and giving it a background fill of hyello 20%, i discover
> > the text has become gray, perhaps black 20%. the properties palette
> > continues to show it as shade: 100% in the text fields. how do i get the
> > text to remain at 100%black?
> 
> Select the frame, select the colours tab, click on the fill button to
> change fill properties, select your colour, set shade for the fill
> colour to 20%. Opacity will remain at 100%.
> 
> Craig

yes, craig, that works. oops! i should have paid more attention to
opacity versus shade. i quite like the dropdown of the shade. would be
nice if percentage values for opacity also dropped down with further
hand-tweaking possible.

thanks for the two tips.

:-)
LL