Jane Woodall wrote: > Hi folks > > Have just downloaded Scribus because I want to create a family tree. I know > there are dedicated programmes but they don't give as much flexibility as > DTP. > > In Aldus Pagemaker you could type the text you wanted onto the page (eg John > Smith) and that became a 'box' that you could then resize and place anywhere > you liked. That's what I want to do.. but when I tried Scribus last night I > struggled. > > I put in a text frame and typed John Smith in via story editor - but then the > text frame appeared to be empty on the page. > > not sure why this is happening. What is your OS? What version of Scribus? Maybe try changing text font or size... > Is it possible to type text straight onto the page as described above? > Yes, use Edit Contents mode. Press E to enter it (or click the icon on the toolbar). Click outside the frame to stop Edit Contents mode. > If not, how do I get round it? The Scribus instructions suggest compiling a > folder of text and images - that's fine if, say, you're using a large block > of text and a couple of images for an advert. I don't want to be typing two > lines of text and saving that as a word file to import - I'd have 100 word > files! > > Also the programme tells me I don';t have ghostscript? Is this a problem and > if so where's a clear link to download it from - I searched the site and got > confused as to what was what. (Plus there was a very annoying banner advert > sat right over some of the useful info!) > yes, you need ghostscript. Sounds like you may be using Windows. Check this:
http://www.scribus.net/?q=windows Greg
