> Gesendet: Montag, 05. November 2018 um 15:27 Uhr > Von: "Gregory Pittman" <gpittman at iglou.com> > An: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Betreff: Re: [scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 128, Issue 3 > > On 11/5/18 7:17 AM, Colin Madwolf wrote: > > > > > >> On 5 Nov 2018, at 12:00, scribus-request at lists.scribus.net wrote: > >> > >> Hi Colin, > >> > >> Since I don't have any way of generating IDML files, I have never had a > >> chance to try out importing them. I have imported PDF pages, and while > >> this works, what this gives you is a group of groups of vector objects. AT > >> the lowest level of ungrouping, even the font glyphs are vectors. Text can > >> be exported from Adobe Reader if that's an option. > >> One of the problems with these import methods is that you still may end up > >> with something that is not any more usable for the future. > >> > >> Greg > > > > > > Hi Greg > > > > Well, on the face of it IDML imported files load quickly considering the > > size of the file and look relatively normal compared to the InDesign file - > > of course the fonts are not the same, but the frames and text AND the > > images are all there and can all be used and modified as if it was a native > > Scribus file. > > > > So, I was not expecting any problems at all !! > > > > So lesson learnt - IDML is a useful way of extracting information from an > > InDesign file - but not a recommended way of producing a workable finished > > Scribus file > > > > I am very happy to report back now - that ALL images with drop shadows are > > visible and there is NO beach ball of death anymore. > > > > I am still struggling with the interface, I am one of those people who > > likes to use less clicks of the mouse if possible. In the drop shadow pane > > it takes TWO clicks to tick the tick boxes - WHY? I have also noted that > > when trying to add an outline to text in the Paragraph/character styles > > editor, the outline colour does not appear highlighted at the bottom, so > > you cannot select the colour - you have to go back and open the window > > again - outlines work fine in the text pane though. > > I don't know what it is with these clicks. It seems you need to select an > item from the Drop Shadow list of operations, THEN you can change it. I don't > know if it's possible, but it would be more convenient if the item was > selected (highlighted) simply by hovering over it. This is how most of the > spin-boxes work -- you just hover over them and use the mouse wheel to change > the value. > > Greg
It's no secret that the Drop Shadow pane sucks. It's often unresponsive and unnecessarily complicated to use. IIRC, Franz introduced the current layout a while back just for testing purposes, and ever since it seems no-one found the time to revert it back to its original layout, which was more in line with rest of the UI. Christoph
