Thanks so much for running this, Karl. Sorry I missed the live version. Treasuretrove of great tips
@Karlmakesstuff Жыл бұрын
No worries man, time zone issues make it tricky sometimes! Glad you found it useful.
@lysgworld798611 ай бұрын
Hi, Scribus won't let me set margins for my book, it keeps going back to zero? and now it's doing it with the page trim size - Could there be something wrong with the program? Please Advise :)
@Karlmakesstuff11 ай бұрын
Hi! Troubleshooting the problem is a bit tricky without knowing what version you're using and which platform you are on, as well as other settings specific to the document you are editing. Asking in their forum at forums.scribus.net/ is probably your best bet. From past experience, when margins and bleeds do funny stuff it's usually a preset (they're right above the margin control boxes) or the lock is on (it's the button right next to the margins - looks like two black rectangles) so the values of all the boxes are locked together. If you're using a large unit of measurement such as inches, setting the values precisely using the up and down buttons might also be the issue as it doesn't do increments (so if you're on .55" and click down, it jumps straight to 0). Other than that, check your page size to check you haven't accidentally scaled it down (happens to me occasionally with the mouse wheel). Hope this helps, but as I said your best chance of getting a solid answer is the scribus forum.
@lysgworld798611 ай бұрын
@@Karlmakesstuff Thank you for your response. I'm putting in book size .5" x .8" and the margins to go with it, it sort of worked when I first entered the numbers then it started playing up. I used the 1.4.7 version, 1.4.8 and the 1.5.8 versions - along with the ghost script that your supposed to have with it. When one didn't work I'd delete it and try another and each time each one wouldn't set the margins for me - my laptop is a Lenovo pavilion touch screen windows 11 all updates are regularly done - so no real reason that I can see for any of the Scribus's to not work. ATM I'm using word to format my book as I have no other choice at the moment Sharon :)
@Karlmakesstuff11 ай бұрын
@@lysgworld7986 wait, .5" X .8" Book size? Wouldn't those pages be tiny? That could cause the margins to readjust.
@lysgworld798611 ай бұрын
@@Karlmakesstuff Hi, No, 5" by 8" is quite a standard size for a non fiction book - the problem I'm having is: when I add the width dimensions in the first box then click onto the second box to add the length the first box goes back to zeros? I've tried adding them the other way around and the same thing happens? And also when I try to add the dimensions of the margins - that's why I was wondering whether it has something to do with the program - although it's happening with all copies? So I dunno :)
@Karlmakesstuff11 ай бұрын
@@lysgworld7986 ah ok! That makes more sense, as the previous post said .5 and .8 🤣 I'll try to replicate this later today and see what happens.
@albertmockel6245 Жыл бұрын
real men use Latex 😉
@Karlmakesstuff Жыл бұрын
LaTex is DTP on roids,but I really wouldn't fancy trying to explain how it works to a complete beginner in under a few weeks 😅
@albertmockel6245 Жыл бұрын
@@Karlmakesstuff after years I still struggle sometimes 😆
@Karlmakesstuff Жыл бұрын
@@albertmockel6245 I hear ya! I don't use it that frequently so I have to look up the references everytime.