[scribus] Text Wrap

Gregory Pittman gregp_ky at yahoo.com
Sun May 3 21:37:49 CEST 2009


John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Sun, 3 May 2009 09:26:56 -0700 (PDT)
> avox <avox at arcor.de> dijo:
>
>
>   
>> If all fails, create a rectangle with no fill and no line color and place it
>> atop of the graphics. Then set the flowmode such that the text flows around
>> that rectangle.
>>     
>
> That's what I ended up doing. It's kind of a kludge because it makes it
> difficult to get the spacing to the text above and below precisely the
> same.
>
> A better solution would be to create an image frame and then use Get
> Image. But image frames seem to work only for bitmaps. I mean, I can
> place the PS file into the image frame, but it becomes rasterized. Too
> bad, because if I could use an image frame then I could ajust the
> contour.
>   
Be careful what you wish for. The import method allows you to edit and 
rearrange the elements of a vector graphic, and you may find that there 
is more flexibility in the layout the way things are now. An image frame 
and rasterized images have serious limitations.

Greg




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