On Tuesday 11 August 2009 08:03:46 pm John Culleton wrote: > On Tuesday 11 August 2009 04:31:20 pm John Jason Jordan wrote: > > In 1.3.5 Rc3 I cannot find a way to center text vertically in a > > frame. Is this a missing feature, or have I failed to find it > > in my search of the wiki? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > scribus mailing list > > scribus at lists.scribus.info > > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > Do you mean rotating it 90 degrees for a book spine? That is > easy, and is explained in both the help files and my e-book. Do > you mean centering a line or lines of text in the frame? For that > you use the little icon in the story editor. There are five, left > justified, center justified, right justified, full justification > like a novel etc. or full justification with the last line > forced to be full length. You use the center justified icon. > > If you mean stacked letters like an old fashioned hotel sign then > choose the center justified icon and put each character on its > own line. I just tried it and it works fine.
If you mean putting a line of text in the center of a frame with significant vertical height then I would just reduce the height till the text disappears, and then increase the height until the text reappears again. I do that all the time. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
