Am 06.09.2018 um 14:52 schrieb Gregory Pittman: > > > On 09/06/2018 02:40 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >> Am 05.09.2018 um 19:22 schrieb Gregory Pittman: >>> >>> >>> On 09/05/2018 10:47 AM, Rolf-Werner Eilert wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am currently on a computer with Scribus 1.4.6 and set a picture to >>>> Bounding Box. But where is the dialog to define the distances? >>>> >>>> Somehow I remember it was directly below the switches (with F2, >>>> Shapes "Form" in the German version). Am I wrong? >>>> >>> >>> Hi Rolf, >>> >>> If I understand you correctly, what you want to do is set Text Flows >>> Around Frame to an area larger than the image frame. If that is the >>> case, you should set Text Flows to Use Contour Line. Next, click the >>> Edit button at the top of the Shape tab, and in the Edit Shapes >>> dialog, check the box to edit the contour line rather than the frame. >>> >>> You can't edit the Bounding Box, at least directly. The Bounding Box >>> encompasses the frame and all of its control points. For a rectangle, >>> all the control points will be on the frame. >>> >>> Greg >>> >> >> >> Thank you Greg, I must have remembered completely wrong. I could have >> sworn there was something to adjust. >> >> Yesterday I ended up in a method I used before: Just set an empty text >> box over the picture which forces the text a bit farther away from the >> picture. This is my usual workaround, but a bit cumbersome when you >> want to change the geometry of the picture. >> >> By the way, wouldn't such a function be practical? Why wasn't it >> implemented? Just an idea... >> > I think if you practice with it a bit, you'll find that using and > editing the Contour Line can be very quick. There are buttons for > increasing the Contour Line by a percentage or absolute measurement. If > you subsequently resize your frame, you can go back to Edit Shape and > there is a button to Reset the Contour Line, and adjust again. > > Greg >
Good idea, thanks! Rolf
