[scribus] Paragraph Justification

[Margaret and George McIntosh]

On 6 Nov 2011 at 17:01, Murray Strome wrote:

> I have created a paragraph style that has the paragraph set to fully
> justify. It does something like this (I hope the E-Mail preserves
> the format):
> 
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.  Nam
> auctor felis neque. Praesent  pulvinar  pulvinar  condimentum. 
> Mauris  elit  massa,  venenatis  et   tincidunt  in,   hendrerit 
> a
> lacus.   Mauris  congue   posuere  risus   nec  sodales.    Sed
> lobortis congue consequat. Cras pretium dui quis dolor ultrices
> ultrices.   Pellentesque  habitant  morbi  tristique  senectus  et
> netus                    et                  malesuada            
>    fames.
> 
> whereas I think it should be more like this:
> 
> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.  Nam
> 
> auctor felis neque. Praesent  pulvinar  pulvinar  condimentum. 
> 
> Mauris  elit  massa,  venenatis  et   tincidunt  in,   hendrerit 
> a
> 
> lacus.   Mauris  congue   posuere  risus   nec  sodales.    Sed
> 
> lobortis congue consequat. Cras pretium dui quis dolor ultrices
> 
> ultrices.   Pellentesque  habitant  morbi  tristique  senectus  et
> 
> netus et malesuada fames.
> 
> If there is only one short word on the last line, it will do it
> correctly (at least what I think is correct). However, with two or
> more words on the last line, it spaces it out.
> 
> I should probably be spending more time searching for the answer on
> line or in my book, but after spending some time at it, I thought
> that it might be more efficient to ask the advice of people with
> more expertise than I.
> 
> I do have a clumsy work-around. I format the whole text frame with
> full justification. Then for those last lines that are two spread
> out, I make each a new paragraph that is just left justified. This
> seems like a lot of work, but it does do the job.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Murray

You want to use Justify, not Forced Justify. It is the fourth icon in the series, Forced 
Justify is the fifth.

George