Thank you for the tips! I?ll try it out and hopefully make it exact. On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 7:26 AM <scribus-request at lists.scribus.net> wrote:
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Re: Including guide lines in a pdf export (Gregory Pittman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 14:56:57 -0700 > From: Kevin Ryan <chanceconvergence at gmail.com> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export > Message-ID: > < > CAHQq5o3Hp+otgO3j+1_vfydx5jwmXE0WkEv3P0NXAEKezfb38Q at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, I'm trying to make a pdf with a grid on it like the guide lines that > you can select to show up in Scribus... Is there a way to export a pdf that > will show these guidelines? I don't want to have to make a bunch of tables > that overlap the lines because it will be hard to get them to be precise > and it'll be a lot of work... Thank you for any advice on this! Peace. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20190407/346bc402/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 00:47:06 +0200 > From: Owen <owen.cook at gmx.com> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export > Message-ID: > > <trinity-a1fff123-56c3-4574-9bae-d101315d7967-1554677226878 at > 3c-app-mailcom-bs05 > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > It is probably easier than you think. > > 1. Draw one grid line (line tool) > > 2. Then go to "Item-> Multiple duplicate" > > 3. You can the group them all and move it to precisely where you would > like it. > > > Then you can play with line widths, colors and style. > > > > Owen > > > > > > > > Subject: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export > > > > Hi, I'm trying to make a pdf with a grid on it like the guide lines that > > you can select to show up in Scribus... Is there a way to export a pdf > that > > will show these guidelines? I don't want to have to make a bunch of > tables > > that overlap the lines because it will be hard to get them to be precise > > and it'll be a lot of work... Thank you for any advice on this! Peace. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2019 20:07:27 -0400 > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export > Message-ID: <ff46515c-e074-fbdb-3225-f4a8d314309c at iglou.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Here's a few things I would add to Owen's suggestions: > > Create a new layer on top of the document - hit F6 or Windows > Layers to > bring up the dialog, then hit the button with the + sign to make a new > layer on top. Since you can only work on one layer at a time, you can play > around with the lines/grid without messing up your page content. You can > also uncheck its visibility or printability at any time. You can even > change its opacity in case that's of any use. Note that you can switch > layers on the main canvas with the drop down list at the bottom of the > window - the default is Background, so you don't have to bring up the > Layers dialog just to switch layers. Using layers also would be useful in > case there is some page content you want to be above the grid - just put it > on a layer above the grid's layer. You may have noticed that there is an > item Send to Layer in the context menu for all objects. > If you hold down Ctrl while drawing the line, it will help ensure that the > first line is exactly horizontal or vertical, since the line will be > constrained to 15? incremental angles. > If you want to draw a line from edge to edge, just approximate it - i.e., > don't get too fiddly with it. Once it's drawn, then go to Properties > > Geometry and make its X-Pos and Y-Pos 0, and the "Width" (really the > length) either the height or width of the page. > If you know what features you want the line to have, for example color, > width, type of line, etc., do it before you run multiple duplicate. BTW, to > change the color, you want to change the color of the Stroke, not the Fill. > If you make a mistake with Multiple Duplicate, just hitting Undo once gets > rid of all the copies. This way you can play around with spacing or the > number of lines. > Finally, since you're working on this grid on its own layer, you can use > Edit > Select All to select all the lines on the layer in case you want to > tweak settings afterward. > > More advanced stuff: > What if you have a multipage document, and want the grid on all the pages? > Edit > Select All, then right-click, select Edit > Cut. Now, from the menu, > Edit > Master Pages, and switch to the layer you choose, and Edit > Paste > to the Master Page. If you want it selectively on only some pages, then > you'll need more than one Master Page. > What if you want to use this grid over again, without starting from > scratch? Edit > Select all, then right-click and Send to the Scrapbook. > > Greg > > > On 4/7/19 6:47 PM, Owen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > It is probably easier than you think. > > > > 1. Draw one grid line (line tool) > > > > 2. Then go to "Item-> Multiple duplicate" > > > > 3. You can the group them all and move it to precisely where you would > like it. > > > > > > Then you can play with line widths, colors and style. > > > > > > > > Owen > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Subject: [scribus] Including guide lines in a pdf export > >> > >> Hi, I'm trying to make a pdf with a grid on it like the guide lines that > >> you can select to show up in Scribus... Is there a way to export a pdf > that > >> will show these guidelines? I don't want to have to make a bunch of > tables > >> that overlap the lines because it will be hard to get them to be precise > >> and it'll be a lot of work... Thank you for any advice on this! Peace. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.net > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > ------------------------------ > > End of scribus Digest, Vol 133, Issue 2 > *************************************** > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20190408/31982c22/attachment.html>
