I appreciate you making this video. It gave me greater insight into tables. I did start to get a bit lost near the end though as I was having trouble keeping up and following along. One thing I was wondering is if it's possible to just adjust the way a table looks in the document without having to create styles ahead of time. And, especially I'm wondering about lines...how do you change how the lines and borders look? Thanks again for making this.
To answer your Scribus questions: "One thing I was wondering is if it's possible to just adjust the way a table looks in the document without having to create styles ahead of time." - Absolutely. Currently, tables in Scribus are ultimately text frames. You are not required to create styles up-front although doing so does make future edits much easier. "..how do you change how the lines and borders look?" - This is something that this video clearly did not go into too much detail in. A tables lines and borders can be modified by selecting the Table or Cell and modifying the Borders settings. This is definitely a topic to be covered in the future.
Table functionality is difficult in Scribus. 1. I could not find the say to assign table lines ( horizontal and ventricles lines between rows and columns ) to use colors or its thickness. 2. It is possible to create a table in libreoffice and import it scribus with all its formatting [ style / fonts / colors ] and its formulas ? If it is possible, it will remove all the headaches. 3. Is it possible to add rows automatically using tab key in scribus as is in any spreadsheet application ?
Update.... I have create a table in Libre Office and copy pasted the contents in textbox of scribus. It worked like a charm. Much of the headaches has gone. Only thing is you can not apply styles. But thats a trade off. I am using scribus 1.5.8 and Libreoffice 7.2.7-2
We are glad you were able to figure this out. As you are already aware, unfortunately adding rows automatically using the Tab key, as found in spreadsheet applications, is not a built-in feature in Scribus. If you don't mind us asking, what type of publication are you putting together that requires a table?
I encounted the same problem how to adjust the table line! At last, I use the tab to deal with it, the verticle line is hidden and the horizontal line can be use insert > line command.
The Style Manager in Scribus allows you to import styles from other Scribus Documents. From the Style Manager you would select Import then navigate to an existing Scribus (filename.sla) project file and select it and then select Ok. Scribus will then let display a Choose Styles dialog box allowing you to select individuals styles to import. When saving styles you currently have two options. 1. Create a template with pre-defined styles or 2. Use the Style Manger to import styles from other Scribus projects you have created.
Unfortunately yes, as of version 1.5.x of Scribus the table feature has been re-written and the only way to apply paragraph or characters styles to a table cell is to do so individually or manually. If you are motivated you could head over to the official Scribus wiki or in-app help to create a python script that you should be able to run within Scribus to perform such as task. Keywords to search for would be 'getCellStyles' or 'Creating and Manipulating Styles'
My layout in the menu bar is different. I have no "table" the table tool icon doesn't allow me to access properties. I want to make my table visible and increase thickness.
If you are not seeing the same options in the menu bar it is likely that you have a different version or build of the application. This video instruction has been created with the version 1.5.6+ of Scribus.
You can't exactly 'import' a table from Microsoft Word. However, you can copy a table created in Ofice Libre. The table will be 'imported' as in image/graphic and will not be editable-so any updates would need to be done within the word processing application.
Good question. When working on this video we wanted to keep its duration within a certain range and cover specific points. As mentioned at the end, this video covers working with Tables in Scribus at a high level and does not cover all possibilities. Regardless, adding/removing table cell borders in Scribus is feasible & we can make it a point to put this into a separate video. You can : - Select the Cell(s) - On the Content Properties (Table Properties) control panel, under the Borders section select the border record. - Select the border edges you want removed by clicking on the display box to the right. - Finally, set the 'Width' to 0 and Color to 'None'. The cell border should now be removed.
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I appreciate you making this video. It gave me greater insight into tables. I did start to get a bit lost near the end though as I was having trouble keeping up and following along. One thing I was wondering is if it's possible to just adjust the way a table looks in the document without having to create styles ahead of time. And, especially I'm wondering about lines...how do you change how the lines and borders look? Thanks again for making this.
To answer your Scribus questions:
"One thing I was wondering is if it's possible to just adjust the way a table looks in the document without having to create styles ahead of time." - Absolutely. Currently, tables in Scribus are ultimately text frames. You are not required to create styles up-front although doing so does make future edits much easier.
"..how do you change how the lines and borders look?" - This is something that this video clearly did not go into too much detail in. A tables lines and borders can be modified by selecting the Table or Cell and modifying the Borders settings. This is definitely a topic to be covered in the future.
Very very detailed tutorial. Amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Table functionality is difficult in Scribus.
1. I could not find the say to assign table lines ( horizontal and ventricles lines between rows and columns ) to use colors or its thickness.
2. It is possible to create a table in libreoffice and import it scribus with all its formatting [ style / fonts / colors ] and its formulas ? If it is possible, it will remove all the headaches.
3. Is it possible to add rows automatically using tab key in scribus as is in any spreadsheet application ?
Update.... I have create a table in Libre Office and copy pasted the contents in textbox of scribus. It worked like a charm. Much of the headaches has gone. Only thing is you can not apply styles. But thats a trade off. I am using scribus 1.5.8 and Libreoffice 7.2.7-2
We are glad you were able to figure this out. As you are already aware, unfortunately adding rows automatically using the Tab key, as found in spreadsheet applications, is not a built-in feature in Scribus. If you don't mind us asking, what type of publication are you putting together that requires a table?
@@TopCLAX Product Guides where we require to give lot of data in tabular form.
I encounted the same problem how to adjust the table line! At last, I use the tab to deal with it, the verticle line is hidden and the horizontal line can be use insert > line command.
You mentioned importing an existing style. How do you save created styles to use in other documents?
The Style Manager in Scribus allows you to import styles from other Scribus Documents. From the Style Manager you would select Import then navigate to an existing Scribus (filename.sla) project file and select it and then select Ok. Scribus will then let display a Choose Styles dialog box allowing you to select individuals styles to import. When saving styles you currently have two options. 1. Create a template with pre-defined styles or 2. Use the Style Manger to import styles from other Scribus projects you have created.
How to add one style to table with over 400 cells at once? Do I have to pick cells one by one to change style individually? Is there a faster method?
Unfortunately yes, as of version 1.5.x of Scribus the table feature has been re-written and the only way to apply paragraph or characters styles to a table cell is to do so individually or manually. If you are motivated you could head over to the official Scribus wiki or in-app help to create a python script that you should be able to run within Scribus to perform such as task. Keywords to search for would be 'getCellStyles' or 'Creating and Manipulating Styles'
what version of scribus do you use? The site only gave me 1.4.8 as the latest version and it doesn't have any of the options or menus you mentioned
This video was created with Scribus version 1.5.8 which is identified under 'Development Candidates' on Scribus.net.
My layout in the menu bar is different. I have no "table" the table tool icon doesn't allow me to access properties. I want to make my table visible and increase thickness.
If you are not seeing the same options in the menu bar it is likely that you have a different version or build of the application. This video instruction has been created with the version 1.5.6+ of Scribus.
Can we just import the table from Microsoft Word? It would me more convenient!
You can't exactly 'import' a table from Microsoft Word. However, you can copy a table created in Ofice Libre. The table will be 'imported' as in image/graphic and will not be editable-so any updates would need to be done within the word processing application.
Why didn't you talk about adding/removing borders to cells?!?
Good question. When working on this video we wanted to keep its duration within a certain range and cover specific points. As mentioned at the end, this video covers working with Tables in Scribus at a high level and does not cover all possibilities.
Regardless, adding/removing table cell borders in Scribus is feasible & we can make it a point to put this into a separate video.
You can :
- Select the Cell(s)
- On the Content Properties (Table Properties) control panel, under the Borders section select the border record.
- Select the border edges you want removed by clicking on the display box to the right.
- Finally, set the 'Width' to 0 and Color to 'None'.
The cell border should now be removed.