Hi, On 10/21/05, Paraplegic Racehorse <paraplegic_racehorse at myrealbox.com> wrote: > John Jordan wrote: > ....................................................................................................X > Scribus. Since everybody else pretty much told you what Scribus _can't_ > yet do, here's a bit of what it _can_ do with regards to tables. > > 1. A table in scribus is a group of individual text frames. To edit the > frames, first ungroup them. > > 2. You cannot "tab" your way through the table cells (text frames). > Instead, you have to select each cell (frame) independantly with the > mouse. Likewise, to adjust the paragraph style within the frame, you > must have only one frame selected at a time. > > 3. To resize a column, select every cell (frame) in the column, grab the > drag handle and drag to your heart's content. Keep in mind that the > other cells will not automagically align to your new width, so you will > have to readjust them manually. Same goes for resizing rows. > > 4. To merge cells (frames), delete all but one and resize that to fill > the left-over void. > > 5. You can simulate a whole table frame by placing a graphic box of the > same size as your whole table behind the table and editing its line > attributes. You can play with the line attributes of each frame of your > table to get a cell-grid, or you can space the cells apart a little and > mod the fill color of the graphics box below. > > It takes a bit of work, but you can build satisfactory and sophisticated > tables with the tools already available in Scribus. And don't let these > other guys tell you otherwise. > > (I will place these few notes into the wiki, somewhere.)
Thanks a zillion! That's really a very good concise summary of what can be achieved using Scribus tables. No lengthy text yet a _lot_ of detail in a few paras. Thanks a lot. Please put it on the Wiki and other useful info as well. -- Thanks & regards, Asif p.s. I "star" valuable messages in gmail and I have starred yours too - so that I can search it quickly later when I need it.
