[scribus] regular tab stops

[Silvain Dupertuis]

Hello,
Looking into the sla file with a text editor, I find a setting in the 3nd line, in the 
<Document...> entry :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SCRIBUSUTF8NEW Version="1.5.7">

     <DOCUMENT ...*TabWidth="50"*  ... >


I do not know if or where the GUY gives access to this setting.
I cannot see it.
If not, i guess there should be a possibility to adjust it with a macro.
But for a calendar, I guess you need right-align...

In any case, one can modify this setting with a text editor... not ideal, but possible!

Le 07.02.22 à 10:09, Martin Zaske LINGO a écrit :
> Hello list,
>
> last night I was designing a special calendar page for a friend's
> birthday. Since it was a one-off I quickly did the calendar part (days
> of the week and dates) with spaces and tab stops.
>
>
> Then I realized that I could not find where to set the default width of
> "a tab stop".
>
>
> I am aware that in Text Properties F3 pop up window I can have full
> control over each custom tab stop and its position and its orientation.
> Same again where I define styles.
>
> But I had a list of 10 dates and nine tab stops in-between and did NOT
> know where I needed them, I was experimenting.
>
>
> I wanted to change the width of the inbuilt default tab-stop (as I used
> to in Corel Draw many years ago) so that I could test several layouts.
> If I had to manually place nine customs tab-stops and do the math and
> then do it several more iterations to find a good and pleasing layout,
> that would be painful. The custom tab-stops are great for planned
> layouts but not for "creative messing about". So last night a used a
> dirty hack with manual tracking feature.
>
>
> If there is a way in the GUI to find and set the default tab-stop width,
> please advise. Sorry, still on version 1.5.7 but 1.5.8 already
> downloaded, just not much time due to project surprises.
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Martin
>
>
>

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