[scribus] Horizontal text alignment and adjustment problems

[Louis Desjardins]

2008/9/30 Mike Morris <twriterext at gmail.com>

> I think my original message on this subject has gone astray, so I will try
> again, with added information/clarifications.


Hi Mike,

Please see below.

>
>
> I am using Scribus 1.3.3.11 for Windows, and to teach myself the program,
> I
> started several projects, one of which is a business card.
>
> For what it is worth, I set up an 8.5 x 5.5 document for 4 business cards
> with 0.5 in between the two columns and the two rows (this is not the
> issue,
> just for info).
>
> I entered a text frame into one business card, and because there was so
> little text, simply typed in the text (after selecting the Edit Contents of
> Frame tool).  The default text alignment is left.  I added a graphic frame
> and applied text wrap to that frame. I then used Ctrl+A to select all the
> text.
>
> I tried using the Align Text Center button in the Text Properties.
> Sometimes nothing would happen.  Other times some text would center and
> some
> would not.  In one case, it appeared that one line of text that did not
> center ended up in a separate text frame.  I have screen shots of several
> instances of this problem.  This problem is repeatable when I add a
> graphics
> frame (not inside the text frame), and use text wrap.  Although the problem
> is repeatable, the display of the problem can change from one instance to
> the next.  By that I mean that the lines of text that do not center vary
> from one instance to the next.
>
> The problem occurs whether I type in the text or copy the text into the
> frame.
>
> If I select the entire text frame, and use Style/Alignment/Center, I don't
> see this problem.
>
> I searched the mailing list, but did not find any relevant postings.  I
> searched the bug tracker and found references to similar problems in
> earlier
> versions.  ID # 0003261 refers to a similar problem in the Linux version of
> Scribus 1.3.3cvs, but that bug goes back to January of 2007, and is not
> resolved, so I do not know if it is applicable.


They did not resolve this bug because they can't reproduce it and the
reporter himself mentions it does not happen all the time.

Basically, what we need here is more similar cases to help pin down the
issue.

>
>
> I also tried using the Manual Tracking adjustment feature in the Text
> Properties.  It worked, but sometimes the amount of the manual adjustment
> is
> displayed, and sometimes not (with the adjusted text selected).  I can
> click
> on the adjusted text, and the adjustment value will briefly appear and
> disappear.
>
> My question is therefore, have I missed something regarding the Text
> Properties box, or are the displays I have observed bugs?  If the latter,
> considering I am using version 1.3.3.11, should I file a bug report?


I suggest you file your observations in the existing bug and that you upload
your screenshots there too. If you consider the issue too different, then
please file a separate bug report. One thing that is surprising is the jump
into another text frame. Unless you have created that other text frame and
linked the text frames together, this for sure is not suppose to happen.

It's also advisable to update to the next stable release, 1.3.3.12 and see
whether the bug is still present.

>
>
> My computer is Win XP/Pro SP3 with a 1.5 GHz Pentium M processor and 2 GB
> of
> RAM.


This is more than enough for running Scribus.

HTH

Louis

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