Hi Greg, Thank you for your continues posts.
> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:34:14 -0400 > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> > Subject: Re: [Scribus] inserting a frame into already linked frames > To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > Message-ID: <44B2B9C6.7090408 at iglou.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > What I am suggesting is that perhaps rather than going about it the way > you might originally wish to, you can add a frame at the end, then > insert the table or whatever in the middle, with adjustments in frame > size(s) to accomplish your desired goal. Ah, ok. Thank you for clearing that up. I agree with you that many times (possibly most times?), adding a frame at the end of a chain of linked frames works very well - the text just flows, and it all just works. However, my experience is that inserting a frame in the middle of a chain is more efficient in some situations. A number involve scribus table frames, since these are composed of text frames. If the table content is inline in the text, then I need to insert the table frame at the correct point in the chain. Adding a table frame at the end of the chain doesn't work if the table content is in the middle of the text. Similarly, if the chain already contains a table frame, and there is new content before the table, then I need to add the new text frame before the table frame - adding it after doesn't help. > I would think that if you > insert a frame midstream there are going to be unexpected consequences > in spillover anyway. My experience is different. I confess to not being an expert, neither in DTP nor Scribus, but I have certainly encountered situations in which it was easier for me to insert a frame in the middle of the chain - even with the unecessary unlinking and relinking, than it was to add the frame at the end, and then move all the other affected (20+) frames to new pages, to accomodate the change. Thanks again for your thoughts and input. Cheers! Nik.
