> ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:39:26 -0500 > From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [scribus] How to setup the impression of coloured paper > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.info> > Message-ID: <4D2BA6BE.9040104 at yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 01/10/2011 05:45 PM, Owen wrote: > > > >> I wish to create documents in Scribus not for a print target but for > >> PDF > >> (the end user can decide whether or not to print). For aesthetic > >> reasons > >> I want to give the impression that the document is 'printed' on > >> coloured > >> paper - something other than 'paper white'. > >> > >> I can used the 'display' tab in page setup but this only does what it > >> says: gives a coloured page on my display. Print preview and PDF > >> output > >> are still to paper white. > >> > >> I can set the background colour in a text frame OK - but that doesn't > >> address the colour in the margins. > >> > >> Is there a simple way to achieve my goal? > > > > > > > > > > Make a bottom layer an object the size of your document and fill it > > with the color you desire? > > If you go to the online manual in Scribus, Documentation > Scribus > Basics > Quick Start Guide, you will get a step-by-step description on > doing what you want. > > In your case, you might make a Master Page which has a frame the size of > the entire page (not just up to the margins), then change the background > color. Then you can simply apply this Master Page to your document. > > The downside of you doing this is that if/when your user decides to > print this, his computer will print this background color. This is not > like a webpage that might only print the content. > > Greg
Great, That's exactly what I want. Thanks. Tony
