Re: [icon-users] Export to PDF issue with background colours
- From: Richard Ashbery <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:21:42 +0100
In article <4F96FCB4.6040200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Stewart
[snip]
> > I've set up a document in the way I think you mean (tell me if
> > I'm wrong)
> >
> > 1. Open new window, change page to two columns (Menu over section
> > indicator> Document, select click on style indicator and change
> > Number to 2 in the Columns dialogue)
> >
> > 2. Insert some text to fill the whole page (I did shift+ctrl+O a
> > few times for "Lorem ipsum")
> >
> > 3. Highlight the text in the first column, then drag the right
> > margin marker on the ruler bar left thus making the column
> > thinner.
> >
> > 4. Apply background colour by clicking on Borders icon (ticking
> > the "Background colour" icon under the "Colours" then select
> > something random)
> >
> > 5. Highlight and do the same in the second column.
> >
> > 6. Export to PDF.
> >
> > It looks okay to me. Though I'm not sure if it's what you are
> > getting at.
> >
> > Do you have an example EW document plus the PDF file you could
> > upload somewhere so I can download and have a look?
> Okay. You almost there! In my case the right had margin of the
> left hand columns was reduced and background applied to whole
> column as you described. This column exported okay. The trouble
> is with the right hand column.
> With the right hand column, I adjusted the left hand margin, to
> make the column wider, then entered the text, selected all in the
> column and applied the background colour. Looked fine on screen.
> However when converted to PDF both with the EasiWriter PDF option
> and by printing to PDF using Steve Fryatt's PrintPDF utility, the
> background colour on the second column never reflected the change
> in left hand margin.
EasiWriter permits you to drag the right-hand column's left-hand
margin marker into the grey "forbidden" area. The selected text will
overlap the right-hand margin of the left-hand column. This is clearly
seen if a Rule is selected in the Document Format window - the text
overwrites the rule. I'm not sure why the program allows this but
hopefully Martin will explain.
Regards
Richard
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