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0017771ScribusStylespublic2026-02-28 23:29
Reporterlukee Assigned Tojghali  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
PlatformWindowsOS11 
Product Version1.7.2 
Fixed in Version1.7.3.svn 
Summary0017771: Word spacing does not persist in file, and is reset on loading
DescriptionWhen setting the word spacing on a style, the spacing is saved to the .sla file, but on re-opening the value is ignored. This means you have to re-enter the spacing each time
Steps To Reproducecreate a new blank project with A4 or any page size
create a text frame with some text
go into the styles editor, and on the default paragraph style, go into Character style, and choose Space: 150%
save the file
This will save in the .sla file with the <ParagraphStyle Name="Default Paragraph Style" ... WordTrack="1.5"> attribute
Close the current file
Reopen it
Observe that the word spacing is reset to 100%
Additional Informationexample file saved with word spacing is attached to this ticket, but the spacing is ignored on opening
TagsNo tags attached.
Attached Files
test.sla (17,262 bytes)   
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SCRIBUSUTF8NEW Version="1.7.2">
    <Document PageCount="1" PageWidth="595.275590551181" PageHeight="841.889763779528" BorderLeft="40" BorderRight="40" BorderTop="40" BorderBottom="40" MarginPreset="0" BleedTop="0" BleedLeft="0" BleedRight="0" BleedBottom="0" PageOrientation="0" PageSize="IsoA_A04" FirstPageNumber="1" PagePositioning="0" AutomaticTextFrameColumnCount="1" AutomaticTextFrameColumnGap="11" UnitIndex="1" FontFace="Arial Regular" FontSize="12" TextColumnCount="1" TextColumnGap="0" TabFillCharacter="" TabWidth="36" TextDistanceLeft="0" TextDistanceRight="0" TextDistanceBottom="0" TextDistanceTop="0" FirstLineOffset="1" DocumentInfoAuthor="" DocumentInfoComments="" DocumentInfoKeywords="" DocumentInfoPublisher="" DocumentInfoDate="" DocumentInfoType="" DocumentInfoFormat="" DocumentInfoIdentifier="" DocumentInfoSource="" DocumentInfoLanguage="" DocumentInfoRelation="" DocumentInfoCoverage="" DocumentInfoRights="" DocumentInfoContributors="" DocumentInfoTitle="" DocumentInfoSubject="" SuperScriptDisplacement="33" SuperScriptScaling="66" SubScriptDisplacement="33" SubScriptScaling="66" SmallCapsScaling="75" BaselineGridSpacing="14.4" BaselineGridOffset="0" AutoLineSpacingPct="100" UnderlinePosition="-1" UnderlineWidth="-1" StrikeThruPosition="-1" StrikeThruWidth="-1" GroupCounter="1" DocumentHasCMS="0" SoftProofOn="0" SoftProofFullOn="0" ColorManagementActive="0" GamutCheck="0" BlackPoint="1" DefaultPrinterProfile="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" DefaultImageRGBProfile="sRGB display profile (ICC v2.2)" DefaultImageCMYKProfile="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" DefaultSolidColorRGBProfile="sRGB display profile (ICC v2.2)" DefaultSolidColorCMYKProfile="ISO Coated v2 300% (basICColor)" DefaultIntentColors="1" DefaultIntentImages="0" ActiveLayer="0" Language="en_GB" AutomaticHyphenation="1" AutomaticHyphenationCheck="0" GuideLock="0" SnapToGuides="0" SnapToGrid="0" SnapToItems="0" MinorGridSpacing="20.001" MajorGridSpacing="100.001" ShowGrid="0" ShowGuides="1" ShowColumnBorders="1" ShowFrames="1" ShowControls="0" ShowLayerMarkers="0" ShowMargins="1" ShowBaselineGrid="0" ShowImages="1" ShowLinks="0" RulerMode="1" ShowRulers="1" ShowBleed="1" RulerXOffset="0" RulerYOffset="0" GuideRadius="10" GrabRadius="4" PolygonCorners="4" PolygonFactor="0.502" PolygonRotation="0" PolygonInnerRotation="0" PolygonCurvature="0" PolygonOuterCurvature="0" PolygonUseFactor="0" ArcStartAngle="30" ArcSweepAngle="300" SpiralStartAngle="0" SpiralEndAngle="1080" SpiralFactor="1.2" AutoSave="1" AutoSaveTime="600000" AutoSaveCount="1" AutoSaveKeep="0" AutoSaveInDocumentDirectory="1" AutoSaveDirectory="" ScratchBottom="20.001" ScratchLeft="100.001" ScratchRight="100.001" ScratchTop="20.001" GapHorizontal="0" GapVertical="40" LineStartArrow="0" LineEndArrow="0" ShapeLineColor="Black" ShapeFillColor="None" LineColor="Black" TextColor="Black" TextStrokeColor="Black" TextBackgroundColor="None" TextLineColor="None" TextBackgroundColorShade="100" TextLineColorShade="100" TextColorShade="100" TextStrokeColorShade="100" ShapeLineStyle="1" LineStyle="1" ShapeLineWidth="1" LineWidth="1" ShapeLineColorShade="100" LineColorShade="100" ShapeFillColorShade="100" ImageFillColor="None" ImageFillColorShade="100" ImageStrokeColor="None" ImageStrokeColorShade="100" ImageScaleX="1" ImageScaleY="1" ImageScaleType="1" ImageAspectRatio="1" ImageUseEmbeddedPath="0" ImageLowResType="1" DisplayOffsetX="10.001" DisplayOffsetY="10.001" RotationConstrainAngle="15" MinorGridColor="#00ff00" MajorGridColor="#00ff00" GuidesColor="#000080" BaselineGridColor="#c0c0c0" RenderStack="2 0 4 1 3" GridType="0" PageColor="#ffffff" MarginColor="#0000ff" ShowMarginsFilled="0" CurrentProfile="PDF 1.4" CalligraphicPenFillColor="Black" CalligraphicPenLineColor="Black" CalligraphicPenFillColorShade="100" CalligraphicPenLineColorShade="100" CalligraphicPenLineWidth="1" CalligraphicPenAngle="0" CalligraphicPenWidth="10" CalligraphicPenStyle="1">
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        <Color Name="Registration" Space="CMYK" C="100" M="100" Y="100" K="100" Register="1"/>
        <Color Name="White" Space="CMYK" C="0" M="0" Y="0" K="0"/>
        <Hyphenator/>
        <CharacterStyle Name="Default Character Style" DefaultStyle="1" Font="Arial Regular" FontSize="12" FontFeatures="" Features="inherit" FontColor="Black" FillShade="100" HyphenWordMinimum="3" StrokeColor="Black" BackgroundColor="None" BackgroundShade="100" StrokeShade="100" TextShadowXOffset="5" TextShadowYOffset="-5" TextOutlineWidth="1" TextUnderlineOffset="-0.1" TextUnderlineWidth="-0.1" TextStrikeThroughOffset="-0.1" TextStrikeThroughWidth="-0.1" ScaleHorizontal="100" ScaleVertical="100" BaselineOffset="0" Kerning="0" Language="en_GB"/>
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        <TableStyle Name="Default Table Style" DefaultStyle="1" FillColor="None" FillShade="100">
            <TableBorderLeft>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderLeft>
            <TableBorderRight>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderRight>
            <TableBorderTop>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderTop>
            <TableBorderBottom>
                <TableBorderLine Width="1" PenStyle="1" Color="Black" Shade="100"/>
            </TableBorderBottom>
        </TableStyle>
        <CellStyle Name="Default Cell Style" DefaultStyle="1" FillColor="None" FillShade="100" LeftPadding="1" RightPadding="1" TopPadding="1" BottomPadding="1"/>
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            <LPI Color="Yellow" Frequency="133" Angle="90" SpotFunction="3"/>
        </PDF>
        <DocItemAttributes/>
        <Indexes/>
        <TablesOfContents/>
        <NotesStyles>
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        </NotesStyles>
        <OpticalMarginSets>
            <Set Id="preset_0" Type="preset" Name="Default">
                <Rules>
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                </Rules>
            </Set>
        </OpticalMarginSets>
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            <Set Name="Facing Pages" FirstPage="1" Rows="1" Columns="2">
                <PageNames Name="Left Page"/>
                <PageNames Name="Right Page"/>
            </Set>
            <Set Name="3-Fold" FirstPage="0" Rows="1" Columns="3">
                <PageNames Name="Left Page"/>
                <PageNames Name="Middle"/>
                <PageNames Name="Right Page"/>
            </Set>
            <Set Name="4-Fold" FirstPage="0" Rows="1" Columns="4">
                <PageNames Name="Left Page"/>
                <PageNames Name="Middle Left"/>
                <PageNames Name="Middle Right"/>
                <PageNames Name="Right Page"/>
            </Set>
        </PageSets>
        <Sections>
            <Section Number="0" Name="Section 1" From="0" To="0" Type="Type_1_2_3" Start="1" Reversed="0" Active="1" FillChar="0" FieldWidth="0"/>
        </Sections>
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            <StoryText>
                <DefaultStyle/>
                <Content Chars="hello world"/>
                <trail/>
            </StoryText>
        </PageObject>
    </Document>
</SCRIBUSUTF8NEW>
test.sla (17,262 bytes)   
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lukee

2026-02-26 23:38

reporter   ~0053544

In the summary I stated "Word spacing does not persist in file, and is reset on loading" but actually it is rather that the Word spacing does persist in the file when saving, but is ignored on loading.

lukee

2026-02-26 23:42

reporter   ~0053545

attached screenshot showing the relevant field on the styles dialog that is being ignored on load when the value is not 100%
styles-dialog.png (1,664,977 bytes)

Lynn

2026-02-27 00:47

reporter   ~0053546

I tried the test file in 1.7.2 (and creating a second character style with an altered word spacing value) and can confirm the word spacing were seemingly reset on loading.

I also noticed that when a custom word spacing was set for text via the character style, it was not possible to edit the word spacing in the text properties palette for that text.

Lynn

2026-02-27 00:53

reporter   ~0053547

Another datapoint - if I save the file as a Scribus 1.5-1.6 filetype and reload it; the word spacing changes are retained

lukee

2026-02-28 23:29

reporter   ~0053553

I just tested the latest build - it all works well now. Thank you very much for such prompt attention and fix :)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-02-26 23:34 lukee New Issue
2026-02-26 23:34 lukee File Added: test.sla
2026-02-26 23:38 lukee Note Added: 0053544
2026-02-26 23:42 lukee Note Added: 0053545
2026-02-26 23:42 lukee File Added: styles-dialog.png
2026-02-27 00:47 Lynn Note Added: 0053546
2026-02-27 00:53 Lynn Note Added: 0053547
2026-02-27 22:49 jghali Assigned To => jghali
2026-02-27 22:49 jghali Status new => resolved
2026-02-27 22:49 jghali Resolution open => fixed
2026-02-27 22:49 jghali Fixed in Version => 1.7.3.svn
2026-02-28 23:29 lukee Note Added: 0053553