On 05/22/2014 10:46 AM, g.ru at gmx.com wrote: > Am 22.05.2014 16:18, schrieb Gregory Pittman: >> On 05/22/2014 09:57 AM, g.ru at gmx.com wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I'm currently composing a conference transcript using Scribus 1.4.3 on >>> Windows 7 Enterprise. The document is by now containing 228 pages and >>> several pictures. >>> >>> Up to now the text aligned, as specified in the corresponding style >>> (which I named "Text"), to the baseline grid. Suddenly some paragraphs >>> refuse, while others in the same paragraph style are still aligned >>> correctly. I did not change anything in the style settings, when this >>> occurred, just worked in the text. >>> >>> To fix the problem I tried to change the paragraph style settings' line >>> spacing mode from "Align to Baseline Grid" to "Fixed Linespacing", >>> which worked for each single paragraph in "Text" style. Changing back to >>> "Align to Baseline Grid" was interesting: first the option disappeared >>> from the drop-down list. The second time "Align to Baseline Grid" was >>> selectable, but when selected the option jumped back to "Fixed >>> Linespacing". Third try was successful, though clicking apply only >>> changed back the paragraphs which already where aligned correctly in the >>> beginning. The others remained in the fixed line spacing I set before. >>> Several tries followed the same scheme. >>> >>> Restarting Scribus did not work. >>> >>> Third idea that came to my mind was changing the style of the wrongly >>> aligned paragraphs from "Text" to another style and back again. This >>> works reproducible but is not feasible for a document containing several >>> hundred paragraphs. >>> >>> Finally I tried to reboot the whole system - which seems to solve the >>> problem. >>> >>> Is this issue known, or does anyone experience similar? >> This sounds like it might be a failure of the page to refresh. I have >> seen this before in other situations where a change is made but doesn't >> appear on the page. When you save then reload, the change is there, >> suggesting that it was there but didn't display properly. >> >> I'm not sure if there is something like a "hard refresh" command that >> might accomplish this as a shorter backup method... >> >> Greg > Hi Greg, > > Thanks for your fast answer. What confuses me is that the "misalignment" > still exists after closing Scribus completely without saving, then > reopening it and reloading the file. Shouldn't that display the correct > alignment? The version you suggested (saving, then reloading) displays > the changes I did in the text, but the text is still misaligned. > > As I'm currently trying to get rid of orphans and widows this is really > keeping me from working! > In that case, you should file a bug, and upload the file or some part of it that shows the problem. That way we can try to see if it's OS- or your computer-dependent.
Greg
