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I haven't forgotten this, but merely wanted to save it for last. At the top of the ''Outline'' dialog is a text entry box for a filter – what does that do? | I haven't forgotten this, but merely wanted to save it for last. At the top of the ''Outline'' dialog is a text entry box for a filter – what does that do? | ||
This is rather simple yet potentially quite useful. If you enter ''Text'', for example, the only objects you will list are the various frames whose name includes ''Text''. Note that this does ''not'' select frame type, so in our newsletter, these frames in the master page ''InnerPageRight'' whose names start with "Kopio Teksti..." would not be seen, even though they are indeed text frames. | This is rather simple yet potentially quite useful. If you enter ''Text'', for example, the only objects you will list are the various frames whose name includes ''Text''. Note that this does ''not'' select frame type, so in our newsletter, these frames in the master page ''InnerPageRight'' whose names start with "Kopio Teksti..." would not be seen in the Outline dialog, even though they are indeed text frames. | ||
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You can easily use Scribus without ever bringing up the ''Outline'' utility, but in certain circumstances, it can be very useful for quickly jumping around the document to view and edit various objects, both on the document pages as well as on master pages. | You can easily use Scribus without ever bringing up the ''Outline'' utility, but in certain circumstances, it can be very useful for quickly jumping around the document to view and edit various objects, both on the document pages as well as on master pages. |
Revision as of 02:43, 17 April 2011
Outline is something tucked underneath the Windows menu item. While you might think, or perhaps even wish that it might create some sort of outline of you document, like a table of contents or index of some sort, it's really just a navigation aid, but really a bit more than that. Here we will look at some of its features.
Filter
I haven't forgotten this, but merely wanted to save it for last. At the top of the Outline dialog is a text entry box for a filter – what does that do?
This is rather simple yet potentially quite useful. If you enter Text, for example, the only objects you will list are the various frames whose name includes Text. Note that this does not select frame type, so in our newsletter, these frames in the master page InnerPageRight whose names start with "Kopio Teksti..." would not be seen in the Outline dialog, even though they are indeed text frames.
Summary
You can easily use Scribus without ever bringing up the Outline utility, but in certain circumstances, it can be very useful for quickly jumping around the document to view and edit various objects, both on the document pages as well as on master pages.