Bernd Holzum wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to have a text box in front of a picture. The text box should > have background color white but should be transparent to a certain degree > to let the picture shine through. But the text in the text box should > remain opaque black to be readable. > Putting transparency to the text box in the properties dialogue always lets > fade away the text along with the background color - or am I doing > something wrong? > > Any ideas? Thank you. > Bernd Holzum (using Scribus 1.3.5) >
you should use two items : a transparent rectangle, and a text frame above it. that way you can set transparency settings for your white rectangle independently of the text's.
