On 31 Aug 2010 at 2:41, David Christian Berg wrote: > So in 1.3.8 the text will flow around the image, even if the text is > above the image? That would be good news :-) > > > On 31 Aug 2010, at 2:31 , Margaret and George McIntosh wrote: > > >> On Aug 30, 2010, at 5:50 PM, David Christian Berg wrote: > >> > >>> Hey everybody! > >>> > >>> I'm playing around with Scribus right now, checking it out > again > >> after a long time. I must say it has very much matured and seems > to > >> be quite usable for advanced desktop publishing. > >>> However, I'm trying to figure out, how to wrap a text around > an > >> image, that is _behind_ the text. That is useful if you e.g. > have > >> light shades of grey in an image image that you want the text to > be > >> on top of (e.g. a slight shadow), but also a object that you want > it > >> to flow around. Whenever I put the Text in front of an image > >> (regardless of it having wrapping set or not) it doesn't wrap. > >>> I'm using Scribus 1.3.7 on a Mac. > >>> > >>> Hope somebody can help me out. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> David > > > > I tried this with V1.3.8 on Windows 7. > > I used an existing image which had text flowing around it. > > I made a text frame in an open space, put some text in it and > moved it over the image. > > It worked fine. > > > > George
I just tried it in V1.3.7 and it worked. Make sure the text is at a higher level than the image by selecting the added text frame and going to Item>Level>Raise to Top. George
