scribus-bounces at lists.scribus.info wrote on 09/30/2009 12:21:29 PM: > For this kind of thing done in this way, I prefer to use a horizontal > line (ie, a vector drawing). That way, you have independent control over
> line style and font size/style. Which is what I would use. What else *could* you use besides a line? If I wanted to use underscores, I'd use OpenOffice! :) > It can be a bit fiddly when you move > things or change font features. Once you're set, group the line and text > so they can move together. Use the number data in Properties to help > with precise spacing and spatial relationships. Yeah, so far that's the best I've been able to come up with. Unfortunately, that's 100% manual--especially as it seems that lines don't snap to guidelines!!! And not even a Paste Multiple where I could at least avoid having to type in *some* of the numbers... :( > In the Shape tab of Properties you can find adjustments for Distances of > text from the various borders of the frame. I'll look into that. However, since I wrote the e-mail above, I've gone back to putting everything back into a single text frame, and using leading to fix the spacing between each line. I then manually created the guidelines using the same spacing as the leading. Then all I have to do is manually align a single line with a single guideline and *all* of the lines align with the guidelines. It *greatly* limits my flexibility (forget easily adding a line-and-a-half spacing between certain sections, for example), but it would work as a first pass. Then I find that lines won't snap to guidelines... Now I'm supposed to create *each* and *every* line by typing a bunch of numbers into boxes?!? Why?!? It's more like drawing with a spreadsheet than a DTP program... :) Tim Massey
