[scribus] How can I get a double underline in Scribus

[wena-parry]

Getting a double underline,

I can make a graphic of the example but that dose not look as nice as
the original. The color of the underline is not important.

An example:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53724979/Reconciling%20Your%20Faith.odt

The document that I received is in docx format it dose show in ODT and
it is a header on every page.

But It will not transfer into Scribus 1.4.1 on Windows OS.

Wena

[ale rimoldi]

hi wena

Post by wena-parry
Getting a double underline,

in this case: by drawing two lines...

ciao
a.l.e

[Stefan]

not possible the easy way (like: bold-ing text).

You have to workaround:
- select text, set style to "underline", draw a second line manually with
the line drawin tool
- alternative: set unterline line thickness very high, eg. 4%. Then draw a
white line in the middle, you get visually 2 lines. This is maybe faster
and better looking

Maybe you want to use a word processor like Word or Open Office.

2012/10/11 <wena-parry at talktalk.net>

Post by wena-parry
Getting a double underline,
I can make a graphic of the example but that dose not look as nice as the
original. The color of the underline is not important.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/**53724979/Reconciling%20Your%**20Faith.odt<https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53724979/Reconciling%20Your%20Faith.odt>
The document that I received is in docx format it dose show in ODT and it
is a header on every page.
But It will not transfer into Scribus 1.4.1 on Windows OS.
Wena
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[wena-parry]

Thank you Ciao, You say ?in this case: by drawing two lines...?

That is not so simple as you make out. I have been at it for hours
attempting to get the two lines parallel.

Then getting them to the width of the text is another problem. If there
was a way of keeping the lines parallel while adjusting the width to
that of the text then it would be simpler.

Then centralizing the lines and text. The text is easy but the lines
have no centralizing system, as far as I know in Scribus.

The way I have been attempting is the lines in one layer and the text
in another layer.

I am not very happy at it.

Wena

[ale rimoldi]

hi wena

Post by wena-parry
Thank you Ciao, You say ?in this case: by drawing two lines...?
That is not so simple as you make out. I have been at it for hours
attempting to get the two lines parallel.
Then getting them to the width of the text is another problem. If
there was a way of keeping the lines parallel while adjusting the
width to that of the text then it would be simpler.
Then centralizing the lines and text. The text is easy but the lines
have no centralizing system, as far as I know in Scribus.
The way I have been attempting is the lines in one layer and the text
in another layer.
I am not very happy at it.

first: ciao means "hi" and "good bye" in italian. in many languages
it's used for goodbye. as you can see in the "from address field" of
most of my mails, i am called "ale", and it's the short form for
"alessandro". an italian name. i like to put some dots around the "l"
for aesthetic and social critic reasons.

second: there are several ways to create two parallel straight lines
in scribus. some of them are even quite easy.

there are also rather simple ways to center some text on top of some
lines.

seeing the efforts me and other people are putting in explaining you
lot of basics scribus skills, and seeing that you're still not
happy with it, instead of spending lot of words in trying to get you to
click the right button, i prefer to suggest you to buy a good scribus
book and first learn some basics.
i like the one written by c?dric gemy for packt publishing.
as an alternative, please consider attending a scribus course.

have a nice evening
a.l.e

[Gregory Pittman]

Post by wena-parry
Thank you Ciao, You say ?in this case: by drawing two lines...?
That is not so simple as you make out. I have been at it for hours
attempting to get the two lines parallel.
Then getting them to the width of the text is another problem. If
there was a way of keeping the lines parallel while adjusting the
width to that of the text then it would be simpler.
Then centralizing the lines and text. The text is easy but the lines
have no centralizing system, as far as I know in Scribus.
The way I have been attempting is the lines in one layer and the text
in another layer.

First: if you hold down Ctrl while drawing a line segment, it constrains
the line to 15? increments, so it's easy to draw a horizontal line.

Second: make a line of arbitrary length. Adjust the thickness as desired.

Third: select Item > Multiple Duplicate from the menu. Make one copy at
a vertical distance of your choosing. You now have a double line with
the lines parallel.

Fourth: select both lines, then Group them. Now save the Group to the
Scrapbook.

Fifth: to use the lines, pull them from the Scrapbook, and mainly focus
on getting the distance from the line of text that you want (you might
use a baseline grid or the regular grid to help). Position by adjusting
the X-Pos in Properties. Get the right width by adjusting Width in
Properties.

Greg

[radar.map35]

i would say that if http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=9871 was done
you could do that more easily and efficiently :)

cedric

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Envoy?: Jeudi 11 Octobre 2012 19:27:54
Objet: [scribus] How can I get a double underline in Scribus

Getting a double underline,

I can make a graphic of the example but that dose not look as nice as
the original. The color of the underline is not important.

An example:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53724979/Reconciling%20Your%20Faith.odt

The document that I received is in docx format it dose show in ODT and
it is a header on every page.

But It will not transfer into Scribus 1.4.1 on Windows OS.

Wena





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