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publ is h ing. De pe nding on your com puting e xpe rtis e , th e l e arning curve m ay be a l ittl
e s te e p, but th e re s ul ts are w orth
th e e ffort. Scirbus h as no pre -de fine d “w iz ards ” or cook ie cutte r, big broth e r ins pire d te m pl ate s . For ins tance a gre e t-
ing card w il lnot s h ow up as 4 page s as in s im pl e r publ is h ing s oftw are . You w il ls e e th e ful lpage as it w il lbe printe d.
Th e re fore , you m us tunde rs tand h ow your finis h e d page w il lbe folde d to ach ie ve th e s am e re s ul t.
As w ith any s oftw are , re m e m be r to s ave your w ork ofte n. Scribus 1.1.6 is ve ry s tabl e , but you ne ve r k now . H e y, I'm
cautious , I've be e n us ing to W indow s XP. Scribus cre ate s a ".e m e rge ncy" fil e if pos s ible s o you m igh t not los e al lof
your ch ange s . For e xam pl e , th e e m e rge ncy fil
e for th is docum e nt is "M anual.s l
a.e m e rge ncy". Are th e s e guys gre at,
or w h at?
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is h e r, PrintSh op, and any oth e r trade m ark e d re fe re nce s in th is docum e ntare th e prope rty of
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Topic Page
Cre ating and e diting a Te xt Fram e ................................................................................... 2
Th e Prope rtie s Dial
og ....................................................................................................... 3
Gradie nt Fil
ls and Spe cialEffe cts ...................................................................................... 4
Te xtO n A Path - It's be tte r th an W ord Art .......................................................................... 5
Drop Caps , Sh ading and oth e r s pe ciale ffe cts .................................................................. 6
Th e Col
or Pal
e tte (cre ating cus tom col
ors ) and Paragraph Styl
e s ..................................... 7
Fram e O utl
ine s and Fil
ls / Sh adow e ffe cts ........................................................................ 8
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O nce you h ave your te xt in pl ace , you can form at it. Al lth e s tandard
form atting is in th e Prope rtie s Dial og, M ous e -s e l
e ct th e te xt you w ant
to w ork on, righ t cl ick th e s e l
e ction, and s e l
e ct "Sh ow Prope rtie s ". In
orde r to ge t bold or ital ic, you'l lh ave to ch ange th e font. Its a pain at
firs t, butnotbad once you ge tus e d to it.
Som e th ing to pay atte ntion to is your m argins . If an outl ine d fram e is righ t on th e m argin, it m ay
not print th at l ittl
e slive r. Th e s am e applie s to te xt. A fram e w ith te xt righ t out to th e e dge th at
m e e ts th e m argin m igh tnotprintth e e ntire l e tte r. Th e e dge ofth e le tte rs m ay ge ts h ave d off.
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Th e Properties Dial
og
Ge tto k now th e prope rtie s dial og w e l
l. Itis probabl y th e s ingl e m os tim portanttoolin Scribus !
For e ach ofth e prope rtie s s e l
e ction buttons , th e re is a diffe re nts e tofval ue s dis pl
aye d. Al
s o th e
dis pl
ay is cus tom iz e d for w h ate ve r is s e le cte d in th e docum e nt!
H oriz ontaland
Ve rticalfram e fl
ip
buttons
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and specialeffects
fig.3 Col
ors Prope rtie s dial
og
Som e s pe ciale ffe cts are buil t in and e as y. Te xt col or is
availabl e on th e Styl e m e nu, and O utl ine d off th e Styl
e >Styl e
m e nu w illgive you a nice , ne at bl ack outl ine of e ach l e tte r. Fill
Th e re ally fancy s tuff tak e s a littl
e e ffort. But, its e as y once
button
you k now th e s te ps to tak e , and w h e re to find th e righ t
buttons to pus h . Th e fol l
ow ing are th e bas ic s te ps for a
11 Cl ick th e l
ine button unde r itto activate th e line control s.
12 Cl ick on a col or, and w atch in h orror as your be autiful l
y
fill
e d te xtbe com e s one big blob!
13 Cl ick th e l
ine button tow ard th e top ofth e dial og to s e t
th e line prope rtie s .
14 Cl ick th e dow n arrow adjus tbutton unde r l ine w idth to
narrow th e outl ine s .
gradie ntfil l
:
You're done w ith th e gradie ntfil l
, now add an outl ine :
You now h ave outl ine d, gradie nt fil
le d te xt. Ste ps 7 th rough Th e Line s prope rtie s dialog.
14 can be us e d to adjus t th e col ors and outl ine s of fram e s
Th is is s e l
fe xpl
anitory.
als o. Th e tw o fram e s at th e top of th is page w e re cre ate d
w ith th e s e s te ps .
' s b e tte r th a
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. It
Te
to h .. n
t W
n a pa
x
o rd A rt!
To cre ate te xton a path .
1 Cre ate a te xtbox th e n e nte r th e te xt.
2 Cre ate a be z ie r curve w ith th e de s ire d s h ape .
3 Se l
e ctth e tw o ite m s w ith th e m ous e .
4 Unde r th e Ite m m e nu cl ck “attach to path ”.
Be z ie r Curve Dial
og Functions
Button #2 M ove Controlpoints : A controlpoint s e ts th e angl e of th e curve from its attach e d node .
A node at th e e nd of th e curve h as one controlpoint. A node in th e m iddl e of th e curve h as tw o
controlpoints , one for e ach dire ction. Als o, th e farth e r aw ay a controlpoint is from th e node , th e
m ore e xage rate d th e curve w il
lbe com e be tw e e n th e attach e d node and th e adjace ntnode .
Now th at you h ave s om e bas ic s tuff, it's tim e to w ork w ith col ors .
Scirbus com e s s tock e d w ith th e bas ic 8 col ors , but is capabl e of
true col or. Th e picture to th e righ t s h ow s th e dial og you ge t w h e n
you cl ick "Col ors " unde r th e "Edit" m e nu. If you cl ick on th e col ors ,
you'l l notice th e "e dit" button be com e s avail abl e for al l col ors
e xce pt bl ack , cyan, m age nta, and ye l l
ow . Th at's be caus e th os e 4
col ors are th e bas is for de fining al loth e r colors of th e s pe ctrum .
Cl ick th e "Ne w " button and fil lin a nam e for your ne w col or. I
ch os e "Pirk le ". Cl ick O k and th e e ditcol or dialog appe ars .
In th e col or e ditor s e l
e ct th e col or m ode l . Tink e r w ith it as you l ik e ,
Il e ft it on CM YK . Th e n s tart finding th e col or you're l ook ing for.
You h ave s e ve raloptions on h ow to proce e d. Jus t as in oth e r col or
sel e ctors you m ay be fam il iar w ith . Scribus provide s a ful l
s pe ctrum pal e tte th at you can cl ick and drag around to w atch your fig.7 Colors Editor Se lection Dialog
ne w col or ch ange ins tantl y. O r, you can us e th e s l ide rs to ch ange individualcol or com pone nts . O r, you
can e nte r val ue s dire ctly. Cl ick th e O k button, and your ne w col or is in th e l
is tofavail
able col
ors .
fig.8 Col
ors Editor fig.9 Styl
e s Editor
Th e Edit Col or dialog s h oul d be ve ry fam il iar to Th e Edit Styl e dial og s e ts cus tom de fine d paragraph
W indow s im igrants . If not, fiddle around w ith it to s e e form ats , incl
uding fonts . It's pre tty s e lf e xpl
anitory.
jus th ow e as y itis . Se e be low for a dis cus s ion ofStyles.
Th e re are no pre -de fine d paragraph form ats in Scribus th atI h ave found. So, ifyou ne e d bul
le te d or
is ts , h anging inde nts , e tc you'l
num be re d l lh ave to cre ate a s tyl
e.
1 Cl ick Styl e s ... unde r th e Editm e nu.
2 An e dits tyl e s dialog appe ars s im ilar to th e col
ors dialog.
3 Cl ick th e Ne w button and th e EditStyl e dialog appe ars as il lus trate d above .
4 Th is is pre tty s traigh tforw ard. Styl e nam e , face (font), s iz e , alignm e nt, e tc.
5 Ve rticals pace s above and be l ow are s pace s be tw e e n paragraph s .
6 Us e th e Inde ntation s e ction for firs tl ine and h anging inde nts . Firs tl ine inde ntis s im ple , jus te nte r a val
ue in th e
firs tline box. For h anging inde nts , s e tth e Firs tLine as a ne gative val ue , and th e Le ftInde ntas a pos itive val ue
th atoffs e ts th e Firs tLine val ue .
Now , w h e n you're form atting your te xtw ith th e Prope rtie s dialog, you can s e l
e ctyour ne w s tyl e , and th e
sel e cte d s tyl
e appl
ie s to th e paragraph s e l e cte d. Ifyou h ave no paragraph s e l e ce d, th e s tyl
e appl ie s to th e
e ntire te xtfram e you curre ntl y h ave s e l
e cte d.
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Fram e O utl
ines and Fil
ls
No doubt, you've notice d th ings ge t fancie r as th is
docum e nt progre s s e s . Fram e fil l
s , outl
ine s and Click th e s h ape
s uch m ak e for m ore dynam ic pre s e ntations . button to s h ow th e s e
H e re 's h ow to ge tyour te xtfram e s l
ook ing good. options
1 Cre ate a te xtfram e .
2 O pe n th e Prope rtie s dial og.
3 Cl ick th e “Line ” button. H e re , you can s e tth e l ine
th ick ne s s , and pre -de fine d line e ndings .
4 Cl ick th e “Sh ape ” button. Th e s e s im pl e s e ttings
Pre -de fine d
ge tyour captions , and te xtfram e s l ook ing cl e an
fram e
and s h arp. s h ape s
- Us e th e pre -de fine d s h ape s button for q uick
e ffe cts , or cl ick on th e “EditSh ape ” button to
ope n th e Be z ie r Curve Dial og th atal low s ful l
s h ape control .
- Us e th e “Round Corne rs ” val ue to s e ts im pl e
O pe ns th e
rounde d corne rs . Th e te xtbox above h as th is Be z ie r
val ue s e tat6 pts . Curve Editor
- Us e th e “Dis tance ofTe xt” val ue s to s e tth e ins ide
m argins ofth e te xtbox. Th is is us e fulto m aintain Col um ns ,
s pace be tw e e n your te xtand th e fram e e dge gap, and tab
w h e n you h ave th e te xtbox outl ine d. M os tofth e s e ttings
outl ine d te xtfram e s in th is docum e nth ave th e s e w e re adde d
in 1.1.5.
val ue s at1 pt. for both top and bottom , 5 pts . for
I w is h I'd
le ft, and 7 pts . for righ tm argins . As you can s e e , h ad th e m
you al s o s e tcol um ns , and tabs h e re . wh enI
cre ate d th is
You s h oul d be fam il iar w ith th e colors s e ction of guide !
th e Prope rtie s dial og by now . W h e n you h ave th e
fram e onl y sel e cte d (no te xt or conte nts ), th e col or
and l ine buttons controlth e fram e fil land outl ine . fig.10 Fram e Sh ape Prope rtie s Dial
og