On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:17:15 -0400 John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 23 March 2008 12:01:41 pm Gregory Pittman wrote: > > John Culleton wrote: > > > I know I can add a graphic frame to the entire page, edge to edge and > > > change its color using preferences. Can I do the same for the entire page > > > without using a graphic frame? The page properties don't seem to include > > > color. > > > > > > Scribus 1.3.3.11 on Linux. > > > > In File > Preferences > Display you can have your document background > > any color you like. This will not, however, be exported to the PDF or > > print on your local printer. You might use this when you plan to have > > your document printed on some color stock, so that when you're working > > in Scribus you can see something resembling the final result, subject, > > of course to the same potential mismatch between screen and your paper > > stock that you generally face with color management. > > > > So, to actually export or print a background color, you have to make a > > page-sized background frame of one kind or another. > > > This is what I want , for book cover art. > > Greg > > > Preflight gets grumpy if it is a picture frame with no picture, so I will try > a text frame instead. It is probably best to make a new layer, put a text frame on it and change the colour to suit. Owen
