This problem went away when the "T" key was hit a second time which apparently took me out of "insert text frame mode".
Can't recall having to do this in the past.! On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 1:40 AM LYNDHURST-M <allokusa at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Scribus Users, > > I am no longer able to select an object. Probably a very easy fix but > everything is easy when you know how to do it. > > This is a very annoying problem and I don?t know exactly when it first > happened as I don?t use Scribus very often. > > Have been using Scribus for approximately 4 or 5 years. When my PC crashed > in December 2017 I was using 1.4.4 on Windows 7, 64 bit platform. > Everything was working well before the crash. > > New PC, Windows 10, 64 bit went into service on December 24, 2017 and very > soon thereafter downloaded and installed Scribus 1.4.5 > > In January 2018 I used Scribus to modify an existing file. This required > selecting a text frame and changing a date from 2017 to 2018. No problems > encountered at that time. > > Have not used Scribus since then. Opened scribus yesterday and created a > new document. Placed a text frame on the page but not able to select it. > Instead of frame being selected, the object size window pops up. > > Downloaded and installed Scribus 1.4.7 today but the problem still exists. > > Thanks in advance for your help with this problem and thanks also to all > you developers for this great DTP application. > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_9770884934917773_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20181216/2708afb6/attachment.html>
