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2004-09-22 17:05
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Same with text frame. Would be useful to be able to set runaround values to a text frame within a text frame. |
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Yes, we will add more options, in the meantime, try turning on the contour line and editing it (edit shape under shape tab, select edit contour line). |
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Thanks Craig! Works OK. If the Contour enlarge/reduce value could be not only set in percentage but also in absolute value, it would even work better. For instance, for a square or near-square text/image frame, percentage is ok. When a rectangle, the contour gets wider on the shorter side. Shift + mouse for constraining the angles to 90 degrees would be a nice addition (think I saw that somewhere else)! |
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Is "text over image" really needed when Scribus has layer support? It would make life for first time users easier, but does the same thing as some properly set up layers... |
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I'd say text over image is necessary even if we have layers. Not everyone works with layers, me first. |
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Agree too. Lots of people don't work with layers in layout apps. |
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I agree with most of what has been said: Better control for runaround is needed. As for text over image: it is possible without using layers, just by changing the stacking order (move text above the image in the hierarchy). |
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I would also second this. Would it be possible to reuse the same tab as for the text, that is «Form»? That way the working with images and text (and, as suggested here: Frames) would be consistent/the same and as such easier to be managed, to explain and to use :-) The editing of the contourlines probably would have to be in this box too. But as i See a rewrite of this tool is scheduled anyway ... By the way: There already are some choiches for images here anyway, those for the floating of text around the frame/contour of the image). References: 0003448 0001118 0003449 |
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changing the status to "acknowledged" (see cbradney's note) |
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Getting back from RMLL 2008 [ www.rmll.info ] and after having given Scribus workshops I can assure that one of the most asked feature or how-to was text runaround an image. Once left on their own, people want to achieve runaround. This is in the top 5 most asked questions. I wonder whether we could give it a close look in the coming months (weeks?!) so we could really have a frame outset just like we have a frame inset in the Properties > Shape. |
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Ping. |
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Greetings folks! I'm brand new to Scribus (running it on WinXP), but not to page layout programs. A long, long time ago I used Quark on Macs quite heavily, and to a lesser extent, PageFaker and FrameMaker. One of the nice features of any DTP program is the text runaround settings for picture frames. I noticed immediately that Scribus didn't provide any explicit settings for this, so I googled "scribus and "text flow" and one of the results brought me here. Since it seems that a runaround setting may be a few releases away, I tried a quick experiment. I created one picture frame in the midst of a text frame, then created another picture frame, slighty smaller, and placed it inside the first one. I got a noticeably better looking "flow" of text. I realize this isn't exactly practical, but it may be worth the effort for someone who really, really wants some space between a graphic and surrounding text. Thanks for "listening" to me ramble. |
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Merging duplicate ticket 0008275 + adding summary below:Any frame can have internal margin that can be set for each side. When text flows around frame is activated, the user has to do several action to set the margin between the text and this frame. Text Flows around frame should have some options (may be at least one to set a uniform external margin or one for each side) that would replace the Contour Line option for most use cases. |
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wow, this is a must really. I can see this has been posted in 2004 and we are already in 2019 and such a feature is not possible yet, I mean, adding values for each one of the sides around.. (hope I am wrong but I am using version 1.5.4 and yet not available (?) other great thing to have is the possibility to select multiple images and assigning the flow around values (as described before) to multiple selected images... attached an example of inDesign panel where you can choose left-right-top-botton values.. I am more than sure you guys are aware but decided to give some feedback to this post in order to revive the discussion on this request... Thanks ;) wrap-text-figure-2.jpg (73,564 bytes) |
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when wrapping around images, you can set the amount of spaces around an image. not in the same way as it is done in ID but it's is possible by growing the contour line... being able to edit multiple items at the same time would be nice; it would be even nicer to have frame styles... |
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Editing the contour manually is something different from what is being proposed here, actually editing the contour is something that can be done just and only for each item individually. That's why we propose the numerical value for each side of the frames or even more other options (if possible)... However, I've personally used the shape panel to edit contours but it does not seem to behave consistently when having to achieve precise results for the flowing text. I don't find it practical and finally, even though seeming related, is the feature exposed here. PS: It does not have anything to do with ID ! even though images of PageMaker or ID' interfaces have been used for illustration purposes only of such a feature. |
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... not sure i got what you are requesting... but scribus does allow you to grow the contour line by a given number of mm/pt/in or by a given percent. of course it's not as good as having a padding on the frame, but it's not that bad either. and with scribus you cannot apply formatting to multiple frames at once... not yet... |
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exactly you got it right, the effect cannot be applied to multiple frames at once. (editing manually the contour is very laborious when having huge amount of photos and text having to flow through them..) the current interface to modify the contour line by numbers (units) is not very effective and honestly I have tested MANY times believe me and there is no way in which I can get used to how does behave in order to control those parameters in precise way every time I have to apply them.. there are not many video tutorials on youtube showing examples on how to control these variables successfully when having to flow text around frames... if some of you know tutorials explaining this particular topic would be great sharing them in the support groups or forums etc... to see if we can get used to it in spite of being not so easy ... PS: I can see this request has been posted and commented long ago, so I guess I am not the only one facing this difficulty or inconvenience or however might be called... |
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when you say not yet, does this mean is contemplated to future versions ? I mean the ability to apply flow values to multiple image frames ? PS: the current panel interface to modify contour does not seem friendly or easy, is quite confusing but not sure if this might be related to habits of use that's why I ask if someone could gently share video tutorials to get used to the procedure on how to use the features and its possibilities... thanks ;) |
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...and even though you can certainly (after finding out how) add numeric values to increase the space, it seems you can't control those values for each one of the sides (right-left-top-bottom) separately.. Unless you do manually through the nodes of the shape - which would not be a quite convenient procedure for some cases... |
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there have been a few people who lately have been asking for being able to more easily set the padding around images. while the current "node editing" (and the expanding) somehow do the job, they're not comfortable to use. i personally agree. it should not be hard to add a property of the frame that defines the padding for rectangular images... but it's not trivial either. some good planning is needed to get the activation and deactivation of the feature right (as an example when the shape is not rectangular anymore). finally, in a case like the one you're showing in the pdf i would pick one of two solution: - duplicating an existing frame with its hand crafted padding or - modify the shape of the text to get the flow right. in your pdf, the flow looks ok, but in my experience, with complex contours, the flow tends to be screwed in a few corner cases and i tend to prefer modifying the frame's shape to get it right. so, no solution yet... but who knows how the future will be? |
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Thanks ale, always very helpful support for each one of our mad requests I agree on the fact that each one might find useful or urgent a request others don't or sort out in other ways etc.. I perfectly understand. Your tips are certainly can be certainly a solution if no alternative around. They would work indeed (the duplicating frame particularly) But I really I the future would come with many things improved or added in Scribus, I keep giving all my support in the ways I can (spreading the voice, promoting groups of discussion etc... fingers crossed, I cant wait to get rid or Windows on my PC I am still using an old copy of Indesing in my pc for some jobs (getting on board already in one of them) and was doing templates in order to the complete transfer of my jobs in Scribus but started doing it them all in Scribus 1.5.4 with is not a stable release but now I can't get back to 1.4 since I need the rotating images inside frames that is in the 1.5.4 so I would wait for the 1.6 to keep doing my transfers to Scribus .. I am scared on starting a 100 pages glossy in the 1.5.4 cause if something is not stable I would find myself in the middle of the ocean after designing 10 pages or so already ... I keep crossing fingers to see new releases soon and would try to catch up with forums new features tutorials etc Take care and many thanks as always, Enzo |
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