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On the other hand, if we click on one of the document pages in the Outline dialog, this automatically closes Edit Master Pages dialog, and we will now display that page and as we have just seen, selecting an object from the page's list selects it. | On the other hand, if we click on one of the document pages in the Outline dialog, this automatically closes Edit Master Pages dialog, and we will now display that page and as we have just seen, selecting an object from the page's list selects it. | ||
This is shown to the far right – I have used the Preview mode for display to eliminate distracting features, so we see here ''Text12'' selected on | This is shown to the far right – I have used the Preview mode for display to eliminate distracting features, so we see here ''Text12'' selected on Page 1. | ||
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Revision as of 01:39, 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 – so 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 this in the name. Note that this does not select frame type, so in our newsletter, these text frames in the master page InnerPageRight whose names start with "Kopio Teksti..." would not be seen, 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.