FreedomYUG Tutorial Demonstrated Tasks

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[edit] Empty White Spaces

Launching Scribus

Making a New Document

  • Adjusting size (Custom)
  • Choosing units (mm)
  • Facing pages
  • Margins

[edit] Cover Page

Hiding Grid lines (if necessary)

Introduction of concept: working with frames

Toolbar

  • Mouse-over to see Tool Tips
  • Click Image Frame icon
  • Placing Image Frame on page

Bringing up Properties Tool

Appearance of a selected frame/selecting

Changing frame name

Adjusting position and size (full page)

Right-click frame > Context Menu

Get Image

  • File dialog - importing image file
  • Adjusting position of image in frame

Selecting a color profile

  • (brief) something about lcms/monitor profiles

Save File (File > Save and toolbar icon)

Selection of transparency feature

Shape icon - rectangle

  • Place shape on page
  • adjust position, size
  • select None for border color
  • adjust background fill color and transparency

More shapes

  • Two with same colors
  • Fourth shape - new color

Edit Colors - New

  • CMYK select
  • sliders for values
  • Color Name
  • Back to Properties > Color to select

Lock frames

Unselect Text Flows Around Frame for Shapes

[edit] Working with Layers on a Page

Concept of Layers

  • Rationale: option of hiding/showing layers
  • Concept: Multi-language files, with only desired language shown

Bring up Layers requestor

Changing layer name

Adding layers

  • Prior elements on one layer of cover
  • Text will be on a new one

Hiding/showing layers

Selecting the working layer

Adding text frame

  • Uncheck Text Flows Around Frame
  • Story Editor for text entry
  • Save and Exit Editor

Context menu > Show Properties tool

Text Tab

  • Font selection
  • Size
  • Color
  • Kerning
  • Line spacing

Edit Contents of Frame mode

  • Adjust only highlighted text

Resize, reposition frame over shape

New Text Frame for subtitle

  • Enter text, adjust as above
  • Reposition

More text, as above

[edit] Design Multiple Pages

Concept: Templates

Templates requestor: Edit > Templates

  • New template, name
  • Adding guides to templates
  • Concept: math operations in numerical requestors
  • Lock guides
  • Add text frames to template
  • Add page numbering
  • Page Palette
  • Making your document from templates

New Text Frame - body text (manual)

  • Setting columns in Properties
  • Adjust gap
  • Uncheck Text Flows Around Frame

Concept: Paragraph Styles

  • Adding/Editing Styles
  • Baseline grid
  • Adjust font, other features (no detail)

Context Menu: Get Text

Linking Frames

Setting Style (after text imported, frames linked)

Adjust text frame sizes

Add images

Drop caps - automatic (mention only)

Hanging Drop Caps

  • Initial letter in its own frame

Ctrl-Shift-click to select frame in layer

Use of invisible frame for space around image frame

Gradient fill background for Text Frame

Shape to mark story end

[edit] Design with Graphics and Freedom

Copy feature from one template to another

  • Select a group with mouse
  • Copy > Paste
  • Use of multiple vertical guides to align elements

Text > Convert to Outline

  • Edit Shape (no detail)
  • Lock Shape

New Shapes, Polygons - editing

  • Convert to Text Frames
  • Enter text, apply style
  • Use of Scrapbook for Repetitive Features
  • Text Frame - Rotate

[edit] Set Fire with SVG Graphics

New Template

Import SVG

  • Edit size
  • Copy, position copies
  • Edit individual colors
  • Clicking, dragging guides to SVG borders

New text frames aligning with guides

  • Automatic drop caps in styles

Edit Template - move page number

Text on curve

  • Make Text Frame
  • Enter text
  • Make Bezier curve
  • Select both Frame and curve
  • Item > Attach Text to Path
  • Rotate as desired

[edit] Publishing Demands Freedom. PDF.

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