scribus-bounces at lists.scribus.info wrote on 10/01/2009 06:42:11 PM: > On 10/01/2009 05:51 PM, Owen wrote: > > On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:35:49 -0400 > > Timothy J Massey<tmassey at obscorp.com> wrote: > > > > > >> 1) When you draw a line for the first time, you can use the CTRL key > >> to get it to draw "straight" lines. However, adjusting a line after > >> it's drawn does not obey the CTRL key anymore: with CTRL down, you > >> can easily (and frustratingly!) adjust lines with e.g. 1* angle > >> instead of the 0* you really wanted. > >> > > > > I think (and maybe I am the only one) that you should do rough work > > with the mouse, and fine work with the properties box. > > > > IE, put a line more or less where you want it and then fine-tune it with > > the properties. > > > The other thing to consider when you are designing a layout is to try to
> use even values. > Don't make something with a height of 10.5239 units, make it 10.5 or > 10.0 or 11.0 -- then you substantially reduce the work of aligning > things, making them the same size, and so on. A half-letter page, divided into thirds doesn't lend itself to even numbers... Now I see why the default measurement unit is points... :) It seems that Scribus is more spreadsheet or IDE than DTP: type in numbers rather than, say, *draw* lines. Interesting metaphor. OK. Enough ranting. It is what it is. As the problems I documented seem uninteresting to others, I will stop. Tim Massey
