Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: > Gregory Pittman schrieb: >> Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> just a question to the professionals who have to manage longer >>> documents: >>> >>> When you have a lot of headlines with colored boxes under the >>> letters, how do you handle this in practice? I'm thinking of the >>> style of a language learning book with chapters and sub-chapters >>> dividing the page into several sections by a thick colored bar with >>> the chapter's headline on it, like this: >>> >>> |---------------- >>> |2.1 Headline >>> |---------------- >>> >>> I would need the same box being reproduced for each header. Do you >>> just copy/paste, or is there some more intimate trick for it? Do you >>> use a separate box/text, or would you use a single colored textbox >>> for it? And is it possible to make an anchor to the text to keep the >>> box fixed to its headline? >>> >>> This is my solution so far: I make two layers, on layer 1 I set the >>> text, and on layer 0 I set the boxes afterwards. With copy/paste I >>> can reproduce the same box sizes. >>> >>> What I cannot achieve is positioning the boxes exactly in relation >>> to the headlines so it looks like they really belong together on >>> each page again. And if the text changes, the boxes may be on a >>> completely wrong position. >>> >>> So, how do you handle this? >> The short answer is maybe not the way you would like, but here is a >> potential answer: inline "graphics". >> >> Check out this video by Tsoots: >> >> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Video_Tutorials#Creating_bullet_lists >> >> >> >> in which you will see that there is a way to paste these little >> flower graphics into a text frame. While it might seem unrelated or >> unhelpful, you need to realize that this little flower could have >> been a small text frame with embellishments, maybe even a grouped >> object (haven't tried that extension yet). So what you can do is make >> your chapter heading in its own text frame, copy it (Ctrl+C), then >> paste it into your text frame, after which if you add or remove text >> from that frame, this inline graphic of sorts will keep its relative >> position. >> >> I hope I'm explaining this in a way you can understand...let me know >> if it isn't clear. >> >> Greg >> > > Hi Greg, > > that is brilliant! It runs quite well at a first glance, so thank you > for that idea. > > But now I've found a second item I've got a question about: How can > one keep the text with a certain distance from its text box upper > edge? You know, if you include a distance from the paragraph, this > applies on paragraphs standing before, but not on the text box. The > text will always begin at the ultimate upper edge of the box. > > Now, here I'll have to be able to place the text somewhat in the > middle of the box (vertically) to look nice. > > Do you have any idea for this? nothing other than suggesting you experiment. You might see whether setting the space below and above surrounding paragraphs might be useful.
btw, I did find that this technique works for a grouped object. Greg
