Hi Landon, Am Montag, 30. Januar 2006 18:19 schrieb Louis Desjardins: > Redefined Horizons a ?crit : > > I have to simple Scribus questions. I am a new user of Scribus and > > Linux, so please bear with me. :] > > First of all, welcome to Scribus! > > > [1] Is there a way to wrap text along a line that is not at cardinal > > directions? Is there a way to draw a shape like an irregular polygon > > and then fit text within this shape? > > You can turn a shape into a text frame or an image frame. CTRL-click on > it will get you a contextual menu. There you can Convert to > Text or > Image frame. Once this is done, using the same contextual menu you can > now Get Text (+ other options).
In addition to what Louis wrote, you can also edit the shape of a text frame directly through the properties palette: Select text frame > right click > properties palette > shape > edit shape. > > > [2] Is there a way to align text vertically in the text box that contains > > it? > > There is no automatic way (feature not implemented yet). But can > determine the space between the text frame and the text in the > Properties palette > Shape > Distance to text. > > HTH > > Louis > > > Thanks, > > > > Landon Cheers, Christoph
