> > > Following the tutorial, I open a new document, and a New Document >> > dialog appears. When it is dismissed, a new blank page is >> > displayed, showing the margins I had set for the page. To create a >> > frame, I go to Tools-->Properties to bring up the Properties >> > dialog. It pops up, but it is greyed out. >> > >> >> Select the text frame tool from the tools toolbar and draw your frame. When= >> =20 >> this is selected, the properties palette will be usable. > >Yes sir, that was it. I'm a bit allergic to the mouse and so tend to >ignore tool bar icons. Will have to break that habit (but in my >defense, the Tutorial didn't mention the step). But is there any >way I can Insert Text Frame from the keyboard (it would have to be >dragged to create it, of course)?
Short answer : from the keyboard, no. But, you could've clicked on "auto frame" in the "New" dialog. This will create automatically a text frame within the margins in any new page, even the ones you add. Try it. If you need further help, don't hesitate! HTH Louis > >OT comment: I'm not used to GUI applications, but back ca. 1995 I used >a wonderful word processor based on a DTP approach, named >Describe. It used text frames, also, in much the same manner. I wonder >if anyone's heard of it. > >Thanks for the obvious tip. > >Haines Brown >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
