[scribus] Automatic textframes and master pages

[Gregory Pittman]

On 07/20/2015 07:23 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 07/20/2015 04:55 PM, Darius Blaszyk wrote:
>>
>>> On 20 Jul 2015, at 09:04, a.l.e <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> hi darius
>>>
>>> i would suggest you to rather create a set of guides on the master page and use the shift-click feature (holding down the shift key while in "text tool mode": click inbetween the guides to fill them) to fast fill your pages.
>>>
>>> if you're using 1.5 you can even select the last text frame in the chain, press "n" (next chain) and shift click on the next page...
>>>
>>> most of the time it's faster to add new items that way, rather than fight to tweak the ones that have been automatically removed.
>>> not all the time, but most of the time :-)
>>>
>>> ciao
>>> a.l.e
>>>
>> Thanks Ale! I did’t know this was possible. It’s exactly what I need.
>>
> 
> Here's something else that may prove useful.
> Let's imagine that you are making a left master page that to a large
> extent is a mirror image of a right master page, as far as placement goes.
> 
> In this situation, you could select all the items (hold down Shift while
> left-clicking), then copy (Ctrl+C), then go to your new master page and
> paste (Ctrl+V) -- may need to adjust the overall position of your
> selected objects if margins are asymmetric. Then, while they are still
> selected, click to flip them horizontally (an item in the Properties
> palette X,Y,Z tab).
> 
> Now, here's the cool thing: a script that will flip back each object in
> your collection, while keeping the X-Pos and Y-Pos of each item the same.
> 
> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Un-Flip_all_Selected_Items
> 
> For the right situation, this could be a big timesaver.
> 

Just to make sure, I tried the script in both 1.4.6 and 1.5.1svn and it
works in both versions.

Greg