![]() ![]() With the choice Frame Shape, the text will follow the shape of the item you put in. Make sure you wrap it using one of the methods shown, or your text will be invisible under your image. As you're placing images, you can go to the Properties window and click Shape to choose how you want your text to wrap around your picture. Generally, I will put in the text on its layer, then switch to the graphics layer and start putting in the images. I keep the layers window open all the time and switch back & forth between them. When you are working with layers, you have to be careful that you know what layer is active so things go where you want. The company I work for has created a brochure that they have done in English and Spanish: the two languages would be on two different layers. ![]() If you have text for each language on its own layer, you could activate the layer you wanted to see and deactivate the others with the 'eye' or activate the print feature on the layers you want printed. The Scribus wiki talks about creating a single-page flyer in more than one language. The default for the checkboxes is shown, as I very rarely change any of them. The last icon at right is for 'wire frame' – loading a graphic's frame rather than the big graphic will let it load faster. The next icon is for text flow – you can completely turn off text flow on any layer. From left to right, the eye icon is for visibilty – checking the box allows each layer to be visible the printer icon – checking it allows you to only print certain layers and the lock icon is for locking a layer – if checked, it can't be changed. These are settings for individual layers that you can choose. In the line above the layers you'll see some icons corresponding to checkboxes below. Don't worry, because your text on the bottom layer can still flow around any image you place on this layer. ![]()
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