[scribus] Wrapping text around picture behind text

Margaret and George McIntosh tenbear at myfairpoint.net
Tue Aug 31 02:57:01 CEST 2010


On 31 Aug 2010 at 2:41, David Christian Berg wrote:

> So in 1.3.8 the text will flow around the image, even if the text is
> above the image? That would be good news :-)
> 
> 
> On 31 Aug 2010, at 2:31 , Margaret and George McIntosh wrote:
> 
> >> On Aug 30, 2010, at 5:50 PM, David Christian Berg wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Hey everybody!
> >>> 
> >>> I'm playing around with Scribus right now, checking it out
> again
> >> after a long time. I must say it has very much matured and seems
> to
> >> be quite usable for advanced desktop publishing.
> >>> However, I'm trying to figure out, how to wrap a text around
> an
> >> image, that is _behind_ the text. That is useful if you e.g.
> have
> >> light shades of grey in an image image that you want the text to
> be
> >> on top of (e.g. a slight shadow), but also a object that you want
> it
> >> to flow around. Whenever I put the Text in front of an image
> >> (regardless of it having wrapping set or not) it doesn't wrap.
> >>> I'm using Scribus 1.3.7 on a Mac.
> >>> 
> >>> Hope somebody can help me out.
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> 
> >>> David
> > 
> > I tried this with V1.3.8 on Windows 7. 
> > I used an existing image which had text flowing around it.
> > I made a text frame in an open space, put some text in it and
> moved it over the image. 
> > It worked fine. 
> > 
> > George

I just tried it in V1.3.7 and it worked. Make sure the text is at a higher level than the 
image by selecting the added text frame and going to Item>Level>Raise to Top.
George 




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