On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:53:18 +0200 Craig <cbradney at zip.com.au> dijo:
> John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I have a large document created in 1.3.5svn before bug 8114 was fixed: > > > > http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=8114 > > > > Unfortunately, the problem continues with this document because the fix > > for the above bug requires that a new document with all new objects be > > created using a later version of Scribus. The fix cannot repair > > previously created documents. > > > > My document is very large and it would be many days of work to recreate > > it from scratch. The problem has not appeared for some time, but just > > now I discovered that selecting one particular text frame on page 15 > > selects all objects from page 1 as well. I cannot delete the offending > > text frame without deleting all the other objects as well. In other > > words, there is no way to select just the offending frame. I tried all > > the obvious things - doing a Save As, closing Scribus and restarting > > it, even rebooting the computer, but selecting that particular text > > frame still selects all objects on pages 1 through 15. Also note that I > > must select the frame by lasso-selecting it; clicking on it with the > > mouse selects nothing. > > > > I am wondering if there is a way to edit something in the xml file that > > might be causing this unwanted behavior. Or even if I can delete the > > frame in the xml file I would have a workaround. I have the text in a > > separate OOo file, so recreating the frame would be trivial. Or maybe > > there is another way to select the frame other than clicking on it or > > lasso-selecting it? > > > If you open up the Outline palette, you can select the item there. That > should help. I knew someone would think of something I hadn't thought of. Not only did that work, but once I was able to select just the text frame the unwanted selections stopped happening. I resaved the document and all is well again. Thanks for the suggestion - saved me from a headache!
