On Tue, 13 May 2014 17:23:34 -0400 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> On 05/13/2014 04:21 PM, john Culleton wrote: > > On Tue, 13 May 2014 15:30:03 -0400 > > Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > > > >> On 05/13/2014 02:51 PM, john Culleton wrote: > >>> I flowed a body of text into Scribus in a > >>> document that uses two columns and using the > >>> Story editor I want to insert a hard page > >>> break. Is there such a character? > >>> > >>> How about a column break? > >>> > >> Frame (or page) break should be Ctrl+Return > >> Column break Ctrl+Shift+Return > >> > >> This is under Documentation > Scribus Basics > >> > Keyboard Shortcuts. > >> > >> Greg > >> > >> ___ > >> Scribus Mailing List: > >> scribus at lists.scribus.net Edit your options > >> or unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > >> See also: http://wiki.scribus.net > >> http://forums.scribus.net > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________________ > >> Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL > >> Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.com > > > > Thanks. > > > > I also discovered that there is a way to enter > > page or column breaks in the story editor > > using the insert menu and the "spaces and > > breaks" item on that menu. > > > > Since I switch from Scribus to Inkscape and > > back again I prefer icons or menu items > > rather than assigned multiple key sequences. > > Otherwise I get confused. > > > Ctrl-Return is a pretty standard way of doing a > page break, for example longstanding in > Wordperfect and Word, I think probably in > LibreOffice too. > > Greg > > Good to know. I am a confirmed TeXer and am used to: \vfil\eject or its equivalent for page breaks. I haven't used WordPerfect in decades, and use other word processors only when a client dictates a doc format. When I receive a word doc for typesetting or indexing my first step is to convert it to plain ASCII text, either in LibreOffice or with antiword. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
