[scribus] character palette will not close

[a.l.e]

hi candice,

> I prepare an 8 page newsprint paper every other month.  Last issue in 
> the middle of completing the layout a window opened smack dab in the 
> center of my screen called character palette and I cannot get it to 
> close, or move it out of the way.  Last time I just worked around it 
> as I could not find out how to get rid of it.  This time after working 
> on a couple of pages it showed up again.  I tried closing and opening 
> the files and just installed 1.3.7 over the version I had but still 
> have the problem.  I am working on a Macbook with Snow Leopard.  I 
> presume this is a Scribus item as this is the only place it shows up.  
> I can work around it but it is extremely irritating.  Can someone tell 
> me how to get rid of this thing?  Clicking on the red x does not work 
> and it will not move.  Let me also stay I am a novice both with Mac 
> and especially with Scribus, so really, really babystep answers, please.
>
> The box below does not go beyond 2008 for build date, but this is what 
> is in my About Scribus window:
> 01 June 2010
> Build ID: C-C-T-F-Q-Mac/Aqua
> Using Ghostscript version 8.64

never experienced such an error...
- please install 1.3.8... it's the latest version...
- can you try to press the ESC key to close the dialog?


i just tried to open and close the "character palette" on os x and i 
didn't find any problem in closing it with the red button, nor with the 
ESC key...

let's see if an update and the ESC solves the problem for you...

ciao
a.l.e