O------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:47:04 -0500 > From: John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> > Subject: Re: [scribus] How to setup the impression of coloured paper > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.info> > Message-ID: <201101101947.04615.john at wexfordpress.com> > Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Monday 10 January 2011 17:45:56 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? > > Yes. > > I create a new layer, draw a graphic frame, adjust it to the size of > the layer, select properties and color. I don't use the "background" > layer at all. I can delete it or ignore it. > -- > John Culleton > Create Book Covers with Scribus: > http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/4055.html > Typesetting and indexing http://wexfordpress.com > book sales http://wexfordpress.net > Free barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/ > > > Thanks for this technique; I wasn't aware of it.
Tony
