[Scribus] Adding an image dynamically

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Consider a book of chapters each having a title and lots of paragraphs
and an image to the left of the first paragraph to start with. The
text is in a database and can be fetched, transformed and imported
chapter by chapter (a bit tedious, but not too bad).

Would it be a way to define a template for this having the appropriate
image frame? Where do I find a tutorial about templates?

Where do I find something about page headers and footers? I know the
tutorial about page numbering.

I'd rather like to write a program to produce the .sla-file directly
and then do some finetuning afterwards - unfortunately the structure
of this file is quite complicated, so it would take me some time to
find out. Is this approach viable? If so, how would I do it?

I understand that this would be possible using Python, but I'd rather
not learn Python.

Thanks, Werner

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Consider a book of chapters each having a title and lots of paragraphs
and an image to the left of the first paragraph to start with. The
text is in a database and can be fetched, transformed and imported
chapter by chapter (a bit tedious, but not too bad).
Would it be a way to define a template for this having the appropriate
image frame? Where do I find a tutorial about templates?

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Arbeiten_mit_Musterseiten

Post by unknown
Where do I find something about page headers and footers? I know the
tutorial about page numbering.

It's exactly the same technique.

Post by unknown
I'd rather like to write a program to produce the .sla-file directly
and then do some finetuning afterwards - unfortunately the structure
of this file is quite complicated, so it would take me some time to
find out. Is this approach viable? If so, how would I do it?
I understand that this would be possible using Python, but I'd rather
not learn Python.

I guess you're out of luck ;)

HTH

Christoph

P.S.: Why don't you spend a few minutes to skim the Wiki for relevant
information (it even has a search feature). Oh, and there's a thing called
Help Browser in Scribus ;)

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This should be simple, but I can't see how to do it.

I've got a text frame on a page, and the content has grown to the point
where it needs to continue in a new text frame on the next page. How do
I set up a linked frame on the next page please ?


Cheers, J/.

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Post by unknown
This should be simple, but I can't see how to do it.

It is.

Post by unknown
I've got a text frame on a page, and the content has grown to the point
where it needs to continue in a new text frame on the next page. How do
I set up a linked frame on the next page please ?

I'm no expert, but I do it like this: Define the text frame on the
next page, click the previous text frame to activate it as a starting
frame, click the "link text frames button" (right next to the text
editor button) to activate link mode, then click the text frame to
link to, and you will see the text flow into that text frame
immediately. Also you will see the linking arrow between the two
frames in case you the didn't deactivate this feature. Next don't
forget to deactivate the "text link button", otherwise you will get an
error message with the next click. The best would be to activate the
arrow ("activate object"-) button.

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Next don't
forget to deactivate the "text link button", otherwise you will get an
error message with the next click.

I can't tell you how many times this has tripped me up. I really wish
this was a one-use button.

Another idea would be a contextual menu for frames. Better than that
would be a mini-button integrated into to the frame itself, a la
InDesign. A variant on that would be a mini-button integrated into the
arrows that indicate text flow between frames. Since there would be no
arrow on a single frame, there would have to be a mini-button on the
frame edge that you could drag an arrow out of, which would
auto-generate a new text frame when you release the mouse. This would
save quite a few steps.

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Post by unknown
Next don't
forget to deactivate the "text link button", otherwise you will get an
error message with the next click.

I can't tell you how many times this has tripped me up. I really wish
this was a one-use button.
Another idea would be a contextual menu for frames.

Err, ever tried to right-click on a frame?

Cheers

Christoph

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Post by unknown
This should be simple, but I can't see how to do it.

It is.

Post by unknown
I've got a text frame on a page, and the content has grown to the point
where it needs to continue in a new text frame on the next page. How do
I set up a linked frame on the next page please ?

I'm no expert, but I do it like this: Define the text frame on the
next page, click the previous text frame to activate it as a starting
frame, click the "link text frames button" (right next to the text
editor button) to activate link mode, then click the text frame to
link to, and you will see the text flow into that text frame
immediately.

Perfect ! Thanks.

Post by unknown
Also you will see the linking arrow between the two
frames in case you the didn't deactivate this feature. Next don't
forget to deactivate the "text link button", otherwise you will get an
error message with the next click. The best would be to activate the
arrow ("activate object"-) button.

All done...


Cheers, J/.

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Post by unknown
P.S.: Why don't you spend a few minutes to skim the Wiki for relevant
information (it even has a search feature). Oh, and there's a thing called
Help Browser in Scribus ;)

Thanks a lot for the advice!

Just for your information: I spent quite some time reading through all
your wonderful material, watching the videos, and even used the help
system. As I tried to explain in case of the import feature, there was
a tiny detail missing, and all you experts don't even notice ;)

If I wouldn't have had the guts to ask you experts -- how long would I
have tried in vain to find the solution myself?

It looks like I can accomplish my book in a couple of days; if so, I
might find the time to set up a tutorial or video to help other poor
guys like me ;)

Werner