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Gradie nt Fil
l
s and Spe cialEffe cts ......................................................................................
Th e Col
or Pal
e tte (cre ating cus tom col
ors ) and Paragraph Styl
e s .....................................
Fram e O utl
ine s and Fil
l
s / Sh adow e ffe cts ........................................................................
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Th e Properties Dial
og
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Fram e s iz e and
pl
ace m e nt
Fram e s h ape , te xt
m argins , e tc.
Te xtprope rtie s
curre ntl
y dim inis h e d
Col
or s e l
e ctions for
fil
l
,l
ine s , gradie nts ,
e tc.
Line s iz e and
pl
ace m e nt
Se l
e cte d ite m
prope rtie s (val
ue s ,
s e ttings , orie ntation,
e tc.)
Th is s e ction w il
l
ch ange according to
th e prope rtie s button
sel
e cte d atth e top of
th e dial
og box.
In th is e xam pl
e , you
can adjus tth e
h ie rarch y l
e ve l
, or
pl
ace m e ntofth e
sel
e cte d fram e to
s e nd itbe h ind, or
bring itin frontof
oth e r fram e s .
Rotation tool
:
Th e s potw ith th e dot
in itw il
lbe th e ce ntral
rotation point. In th is
e xam pl
e , th e top l
e ft
corne r ofth e s e l
e cte d
fram e w il
lre m ain
s tationary
H oriz ontaland
Ve rticalfram e fl
ip
buttons
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and specialeffects
Som e s pe ciale ffe cts are buil
t in and e as y. Te xt col
or is
avail
abl
e on th e Styl
e m e nu, and O utl
ine d off th e Styl
e >Styl
e
m e nu w il
lgive you a nice , ne at bl
ack outl
ine of e ach l
e tte r.
Th e re al
l
y fancy s tuff tak e s a l
ittl
e e ffort. But, its e as y once
you k now th e s te ps to tak e , and w h e re to find th e righ t
buttons to pus h . Th e fol
l
ow ing are th e bas ic s te ps for a
fig.3 Col
ors Prope rtie s dial
og
Fil
l
button
11 Cl
ick th e l
ine button unde r itto activate th e l
ine control
s.
12 Cl
ick on a col
or, and w atch in h orror as your be autiful
l
y
fil
l
e d te xtbe com e s one big bl
ob!
13 Cl
ick th e l
ine button tow ard th e top ofth e dial
og to s e t
th e l
ine prope rtie s .
14 Cl
ick th e dow n arrow adjus tbutton unde r l
ine w idth to
narrow th e outl
ine s .
gradie ntfil
l
:
You're done w ith th e gradie ntfil
l
, now add an outl
ine :
You now h ave outl
ine d, gradie nt fil
l
e d te xt. Ste ps 7 th rough
14 can be us e d to adjus t th e col
ors and outl
ine s of fram e s
al
s o. Th e tw o fram e s at th e top of th is page w e re cre ate d
w ith th e s e s te ps .
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x
Te
' s b e tte r th a
t
I
.
.
n
.
h
to
t
W
n a pa
o rd A rt!
Doubl
e cl
ick ing th e re s ul
ting ite m w il
le nabl
e
e diting th e s h ape of th e be z ie r curve . Righ t
cl
ick th e ite m for a pop-up m e nu th at w il
lal
l
ow
you to e dit your te xt. O th e r te xt s tyl
e s are s til
l
avail
abl
e unde r th e Styl
e s m e nu.
H oriz ontaland
Ve rticalfl
ip
buttons
1 Cl
ick th e be z ie r curve toolunde r
th e tool
bar l
ine button.
2 Cl
ick s e ve ralpl
ace s on your
page .
3 W h e n you've m ade tw o or m ore
points , righ tcl
ick to finis h th e
cre ation proce s s and your l
ine
w il
lappe ar.
4 Doubl
e cl
ick th e obje ct, and th e
curve e diting dial
og appe ars .
Be z ie r Curve Dial
og Functions
Button #1 M ove Node s : A node is a point on th e curve . W h e re ve r you cl
ick e d w h e n cre ating th e
curve th e re w il
lbe a node . W h e n you m ove a node , th e curve s h ape ch ange s accordingl
y.
Button #2 M ove Controlpoints : A controlpoint s e ts th e angl
e of th e curve from its attach e d node .
A node at th e e nd of th e curve h as one controlpoint. A node in th e m iddl
e of th e curve h as tw o
controlpoints , one for e ach dire ction. Al
s o, th e farth e r aw ay a controlpoint is from th e node , th e
m ore e xage rate d th e curve w il
lbe com e be tw e e n th e attach e d node and th e adjace ntnode .
Buttons 3 and 4 add or de l
e te node s re s pe ctive l
y.
M ove your m ous e ove r th e re m aining buttons to dis pl
ay th e ir re s pe ctive functions .
rop caps . . .
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Th e re are no buil
t-in s h adow tool
s in Scribus . Th is is a doubl
e e dge d s w ord. O n one e dge you m us t
cre ate th e s h adow s m anual
l
y, on th e oth e r you h ave m uch gre ate r controlove r th e e ffe cts . You can
controlcol
or, pl
ace m e nt, th ick ne s s of s h adow , e xtra outl
ine s , and m ore . Th at e xtra controlis w e l
l
w orth th e e xtra e ffort ne e de d to cre ate s h adow s . Th e e ffe cts above w e re cre ate d in about 10
m inute s . About 7 of th os e m inute s w e re s pe nt in l
e arning h ow . Scribus 1.1.5 provide s a toolfor a
drop cap s tyl
e , h ow e ve r you m us t cre ate th e s tyl
e , and you are s tuck w ith th e font s iz e . I'm s ure th is
w il
lbe fixe d, and ifyou h ave a ve rs ion ne w e r th an 1.1.5 l
ook for be tte r drop cap tool
s.
Th e s te ps I us e d to cre ate th e titl
e Drop Cap and Sh adow e ffe cts are :
Drop caps :
1 Cre ate a te xtbox for th e firs tl
e tte r.
Fontand outl
ine col
or
sel
e ctors
Col
or s h ade
sel
e ctors .
5 Se tcol
ors and outl
ine s as de s ire d.
6 Al
ign th e s e tw o te xtboxe s for th e be s te ffe ct. Your
drop cap te xtbox m ay be partl
y offth e page due
to th e fonts iz e . No probl
e m , jus tm ak e s ure th e
printe d partis w ith in th e m argins .
Te xtoutl
ine
sel
e ctor
Paragraph
form atting
sel
e ctors
1 Se l
e ctboth te xtboxe s . Note th e X and Y Pos
val
ue s in th e prope rtie s dial
og. th e n cl
ick
"dupl
icate " unde r th e ite m m e nu.
4 Now us e th e l
e ve ls e l
e ctors to m ove th e s h adow
te xtbe ne ath th e m ain te xt. In Scribus 1.1.4 th is
m us tbe s e tfor e ach individualte xtbox.
FYI: K e rning is s apcing be tw e e n ch aracte rs
& Styl
es
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Now th at you h ave s om e bas ic s tuff, it's tim e to w ork w ith col
ors .
Scirbus com e s s tock e d w ith th e bas ic 8 col
ors , but is capabl
e of
true col
or. Th e picture to th e righ t s h ow s th e dial
og you ge t w h e n
you cl
ick "Col
ors " unde r th e "Edit" m e nu. If you cl
ick on th e col
ors ,
you'l
l notice th e "e dit" button be com e s avail
abl
e for al
l col
ors
e xce pt bl
ack , cyan, m age nta, and ye l
l
ow . Th at's be caus e th os e 4
col
ors are th e bas is for de fining al
loth e r col
ors of th e s pe ctrum .
Cl
ick th e "Ne w " button and fil
lin a nam e for your ne w col
or. I
ch os e "Pirk l
e ". Cl
ick O k and th e e ditcol
or dial
og appe ars .
In th e col
or e ditor s e l
e ct th e col
or m ode l
. Tink e r w ith it as you l
ik e ,
Il
e ft it on CM YK . Th e n s tart finding th e col
or you're l
ook ing for.
You h ave s e ve raloptions on h ow to proce e d. Jus t as in oth e r col
or
sel
e ctors you m ay be fam il
iar w ith . Scribus provide s a ful
l
s pe ctrum pal
e tte th at you can cl
ick and drag around to w atch your fig.7 Colors Editor Se lection Dialog
ne w col
or ch ange ins tantl
y. O r, you can us e th e s l
ide rs to ch ange individualcol
or com pone nts . O r, you
can e nte r val
ue s dire ctl
y. Cl
ick th e O k button, and your ne w col
or is in th e l
is tofavail
abl
e col
ors .
fig.8 Col
ors Editor
Th e Edit Col
or dial
og s h oul
d be ve ry fam il
iar to
W indow s im igrants . If not, fiddl
e around w ith it to s e e
jus th ow e as y itis .
fig.9 Styl
e s Editor
Th e Edit Styl
e dial
og s e ts cus tom de fine d paragraph
form ats , incl
uding fonts . It's pre tty s e l
f e xpl
anitory.
Se e be l
ow for a dis cus s ion ofStyl
es.
Th e re are no pre -de fine d paragraph form ats in Scribus th atI h ave found. So, ifyou ne e d bul
l
e te d or
num be re d l
is ts , h anging inde nts , e tc you'l
lh ave to cre ate a s tyl
e.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Cl
ick Styl
e s ... unde r th e Editm e nu.
An e dits tyl
e s dial
og appe ars s im il
ar to th e col
ors dial
og.
Cl
ick th e Ne w button and th e EditStyl
e dial
og appe ars as il
l
us trate d above .
Th is is pre tty s traigh tforw ard. Styl
e nam e , face (font), s iz e , al
ignm e nt, e tc.
Ve rticals pace s above and be l
ow are s pace s be tw e e n paragraph s .
Us e th e Inde ntation s e ction for firs tl
ine and h anging inde nts . Firs tl
ine inde ntis s im pl
e , jus te nte r a val
ue in th e
firs tl
ine box. For h anging inde nts , s e tth e Firs tLine as a ne gative val
ue , and th e Le ftInde ntas a pos itive val
ue
th atoffs e ts th e Firs tLine val
ue .
Now , w h e n you're form atting your te xtw ith th e Prope rtie s dial
og, you can s e l
e ctyour ne w s tyl
e , and th e
sel
e cte d s tyl
e appl
ie s to th e paragraph s e l
e cte d. Ifyou h ave no paragraph s e l
e ce d, th e s tyl
e appl
ie s to th e
e ntire te xtfram e you curre ntl
y h ave s e l
e cte d.
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Fram e O utl
ines and Fil
l
s
No doubt, you've notice d th ings ge t fancie r as th is
docum e nt progre s s e s . Fram e fil
l
s , outl
ine s and
s uch m ak e for m ore dynam ic pre s e ntations .
H e re 's h ow to ge tyour te xtfram e s l
ook ing good.
Cl
ick th e s h ape
button to s h ow th e s e
options
You s h oul
d be fam il
iar w ith th e col
ors s e ction of
th e Prope rtie s dial
og by now . W h e n you h ave th e
fram e onl
y sel
e cte d (no te xt or conte nts ), th e col
or
and l
ine buttons controlth e fram e fil
land outl
ine .
O pe ns th e
Be z ie r
Curve Editor
Col
um ns ,
gap, and tab
s e ttings
w e re adde d
in 1.1.5.
I w is h I'd
h ad th e m
wh enI
cre ate d th is
guide !
Th e Titl
e w as m ade w ith th re e fram e s , al
lw ith
th e "Te xtfl
ow s around box" option unch e ck e d.
1 A te xtfram e w as cre ate d w ith fil
land outl
ine s .
2 Th atfram e w as dupl
icate d, fil
land outl
ine s
w e re cl
e are d, and te xtw as adde d w ith
M age nta fil
land outl
ine s . Th is fram e w as
pl
ace d l
igh tl
y above and l
e ftofth e firs tfram e .
3 Th atfram e w as dupl
icate d, and te xtcol
or
ch ange d to Pink l
e w ith bl
ack outl
ine s . Th is
fram e w as pl
ace dire ctl
y ove r th e firs tfram e .