Hi Martin,
Just wait for my soon-to-be-released "c't Fotografie" workshop to recognise how efficiently LibreOffice (Calc/Draw) and Scribus can be used alongside each other ;) You'll be in for a surprise! Christoph > Gesendet: Montag, 02. Oktober 2017 um 18:20 Uhr > Von: "ZASKE Martin" <zm at revue-gugu.org> > An: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Betreff: Re: [scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 115, Issue 2 > > Dear H?kan, > > each job its tool: > > For calculations and admin, nothing "wrong" with Calc. But for DTP we > want total control of Font-Size, Font-colours, kerning options, > line-spacing, underlying colours, different transparencies for > print-on-paper versus web-output, line-styles for the frames. So we are > using Scribus. > > Good luck with using Calc for styling precise output. > > And we want a document, which is "transparent" for our entire team, and > where we can fix small details to the last minute (sometimes when > recording the audio for a given page, we still realize that a tiny typo > has crept into our document; so if the entire document "is Scribus" then > the layouter can just go in and fix it). > > You propose to make a crossword puzzle in LibreOffice Calc and then > what? Export to bitmap? Export to PDF or eps? Import as an "image"? If > you have established a well working work-flow, you are welcome to share it. > > > So far, I know what I want to do and I have done it this morning and it > is working fine. I was just asking a question about making an entire > batch of many tab stops in Scribus. > > greetings, > > Martin > > > > > On 02.10.2017 13:21, H?kan L?fgren wrote: > > Hello Martin! > > > > Re: Crossword Puzzle > > > > What's wrong with Excel or Open Office Calc for making crossword puzzles? > > There you will get the grid and the tabs automatically. Then you import it > > into Scribus. Voila! > > > > Regards > > H?kan L?fgren > > > > Message: 6 > > > > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 12:19:06 +0100 > > From: ZASKE Martin <zm at revue-gugu.org><mailto:zm at revue-gugu.org> > > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net<mailto:scribus at lists.scribus.net> > > Subject: [scribus] Making a Crossword Puzzle > > Message-ID: <bdd79d05-11d1-869e-110c-ad0d959c19c8 at > > revue-gugu.org><mailto:bdd79d05-11d1-869e-110c-ad0d959c19c8 at > > revue-gugu.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > Hi List, > > > > for our magazine, I am doing the layout for a crossword puzzle at the > > moment - or rather a word-grid, where the children will search certain > > key words. > > > > I have done this a few times in the past, and what works best for > > Scribus, is when I am using an array of tabs of type "Centre" because > > all our characters are of different width of course, some positions in > > our alphabet even are digraphs like GB or SH (I have hacked a font, so > > no problem in that area). > > > > ==================================== > > Now I am looking for the way to seed the Scribus Style Manager Window > > for my word-grid with an entire batch of 17 new tab stops, all of type > > "Centre" and each 10,23 mm from the previous one. > > ==================================== > > > > > > For now - and inspired by a recent mail from JLuc - I have made a > > workaround/hack: > > > > I prepared a spreadsheet and calculated all my needed positions and have > > copied and pasted my tab-lines in my mydocument.sla like this: > > > > <Tabs Type="4" Pos="28.9984251968504" Fill=""/> > > <Tabs Type="4" Pos="57.9968503937008" Fill=""/> > > <Tabs Type="4" Pos="86.9952755906" Fill=""/> > > <Tabs Type="4" Pos="115.9937007874" Fill=""/> > > <Tabs Type="4" Pos="144.9921259843" Fill=""/> > > > > Type "4" means "centre" > > > > > > I believe I had seen in the past a way how to quickly seed all needed > > tab stops, if they are spaced with equal distances. > > > > Maybe I am wrong, maybe I had seen that in LibreOffice or in CorelDraw. > > > > > > > > If it does not exist, would other users also see that as a useful new > > feature? A mini dialogue to tell Scribus, similar to the very useful > > new-frame dialogue: > > > > "For this style, I would like n new tab stops, beginning at x mm and > > spaced by y mm and of type z." > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > PS: Scribus is awesome for jobs like making word grids, because I have > > total control over my text-frame: vertical alignment, distances from my > > frame, background colour, font-size, font, line-spacing, etc. So the > > grid is exactly what I want (just making the tabs was boring and > > entering them manually was a risk of typos). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > En HTML-bilaga skiljdes ut... > > URL: > > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20171002/5aee1fe2/attachment.html> > > ___ > > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > See also: > > http://wiki.scribus.net > > http://forums.scribus.net > > > > __________ Hinweis von ESET NOD32 Antivirus, Version der Erkennungsroutine > > 16175 (20171002) __________ > > > > E-Mail wurde gepr?ft mit ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ZASKE Martin > responsable G?G? > BP 50 - Bassila - B?nin > tel G?G? 66.66.11.11 > tel pers 97.44.62.95 > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
