> This is an old thread, and I've been trying to to exactly this (create > letters that have gradients): > > Christoph Sch??fer said the following at 05/30/2007 06:36 AM : >> Am Mittwoch, 30. Mai 2007 02:00 schrieb Helge Hielscher: >>> Hello, >>> >>> at >>> http://www.kde-apps.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=9911&file1=9911-1. >>> png&file2=&file3=&name=Scribus there is the word Scribus with an >>> horizontal >>> gradient. How has it been achieved? >>> I've tried to convert the text "Scribus" to outline, but I have >>> to ungroup the letters to apply a gradient. What am I missing? >>> >> >> 1. Convert letters to outlines >> >> 2. Item > Combine Polygons >> >> 3. Apply Gradient in the Properties Palette > > I must be doing something wrong, because I have: > > 0. Created a text frame and inserted the letters I want. > 1. Converted the letters to outlines > 2. Hmmm.... I can't Item | Combine Polygons because that item is greyed > out. > > I looked in the wiki in the hope that there was a more detailed tutorial > on > how to do this, but I couldn't see anything.
Mmmm, After converting to outlines, did you then click on the object, iit should show all the polygons, then you can combine them Owen
