[scribus] Paragraph Justification

Rolf-Werner Eilert eilert-sprachen at t-online.de
Mon Nov 7 15:53:44 UTC 2011


Am 07.11.2011 02:12, schrieb 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


What would I want Forced Justify for? Where is it used?

Rolf





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