On Friday 26 March 2004 03:22 pm, David Alston wrote: > Greetings! > > I'm fairly new to Scribus, but I've picked it up fast. I've been > using it to make fliers and posters for college campus events. > > I use the layers option extensively (coming from a GIMP background), > but can't figure out how to select objects across multiple layers.
You can't - by design. Layers are not only for stacking, but also to protect against accidently moving objects. Note: even within a single layer, you can determine the stacking order with the right click context menu. In the most recent CVS versions, there are new controls for selecting stacked objects on a layer with the mouse. See the CVS change log. > Sometimes I'll dedicate a layer to shapes and put the text on it's > own layer. As far as I can tell, there isn't a way to move the > shape with the text if they're on seperate layers. Correct. > > Do I have to put both the shape and the text on the same layer, or > is there another way? You can easily put them on the same layer, and then "rubber band" around them together by simply dragging around the whole set of objects. This is a temporary grouping, when can then be manipulated as a group. I use this function extensively for alignment. You can also permanently group them in the Item menu. Hope that helps, Peter
