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Alfred's Serif Users' Forums → Posts by Jandanz
Thanks for the help folks. I was able to fix the faded colour which had been set to an automatic preset. I changed in Styles & all back to normal now.
And also I have found the difference when posting: One has not only to Choose File, but also to Add file, before posting.
file circle.ppp attached
This is driving me crazy. I have been trying to draw a simple circle, line colour red, and fill colour transparent. I can draw this OK when I open a new publication, but when I open the template for my weekly newsletter, I cannot change it from a pale colour (red in this case) & pale fill (red). I've tried everything I can find to change the template.
I would start a new template but there's a lot to transfer over.
Have attached a plain ppp file, with the problem circle in it.
Which browser & which version of PagePlus are you using? I changed the filename of the pdf file exported from PPX9, and opened it in Google Chrome, and all I see is the new filename.
I'm not sure if this may help, but you could try checking for CMYK mode in PagePlus X9.
Got to Publication Setup/Intent/Primary Colour Mode CMYK
The dialogue suggests using RGB viewing on screen, or CMYK best for printing.
It's worth a try perhaps.
Welcome to the forum.
In New Zealand, unfortunately most people don’t send Christmas cards now, mainly the messages are by phone, email or social media etc. But I still receive a few cards from family in the UK, there’s usually a letter inside. I like seeing the snow scenes, robins, nativity etc. Christmas is such a mixture of religious, European customs & superstitions, and of course the commercialism which almost overrides it all. And I like to see a short message printed inside. As above, the thought is the most important thing.
We should remember Sovereigns (1 Sovereign = £1)
and Guineas (1 Guinea originally worth £1, based on the price of gold, but because of fluctuating gold prices, eventually became fixed at 21 shillings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(coin)
I remember those terms very well.
And what about slang terms?
sixpence = 6d = tanner
shilling = 1/- = bob
pound = £1 = quid, nicker, note
5 pounds = fiver (Godiva)
10 pounds = tenner (Pavarotti - a famous tenor)
25 pounds = a pony (cockney)
500 pounds = a monkey
1000 pounds = a grand
I’d better stop there, there are multiple terms for cash itself!
Thanks will take a look at that info, but, as you say, I think all is lost there.
When I bought it some years ago, I copied to a CD which is gone or lost unfortunately, though there is still a product key in the PC somewhere. It's disappointing, I should have taken more care to backup.
When my PC crashed last year I couldn't re-install my DrawPlus X6. I transferred what seems to be all the program files to another drive, but I am now trying to recover the program. When I click on the DrawPlus exe file it doesn't load, but a box shows something like "the default skin file cannot be found". I found the default.skin file in a sub-folder and copied it to the folder where the exe file is, but it still won't run the program. I am well out of my depth now, is there any chance of recovering it now?
Thank you both for your advice. I will get on to that. And thanks tomH for the screenshot, exactly what I want to do.
I am trying to put different texts into the top arc and bottom arc of a circle. I want this to be read the same way up (UNLIKE a coin for example, where text is read all the way around the circle.)
Using Artistic Text I can put the text in the top arc, but I can’t find a way to enter separate text into the bottom half, so it can be read the same way up. Maybe that’s not possible? I can push the second text along with the space bar, but then it’s upside down
Nudist 1. “Have you read Marx?
Nudist 2. “Yes, it must be these wicker chairs!”
Sorry!
Thanks, will read that! And I’ve found the way to do it, had done it before but forgot. I also found the Character Shortcut Ctrl+Alt+8 , though it doesn’t include any indent.
Still learning.
I don’t use bullet points if I can avoid them, I usually transfer text received in MS Word, but it never seems to work for bullet points. So when I want to create bullet points in PPX9 and highlight a group of lines, only the first bullet point is created. And alternatively when I try to create a bullet point on the second line, the first one disappears. What’s going on? What should I be doing? Would like some help please..
Thanks Eric, it was lovely to see all that heritage well preserved. A great video.
Looks like you’ve got more rain on the way. Hope there’s no flooding this time.
We live in Nelson, have had our moments weather- wise!
Ooh yes - that's pretty good, can't centre the image once it's placed, but I'll find a way with picture frame. I'll have a play.
Thanks for that.
I've been trying to make a vignette' for a photo - can't find how to do it in X9.
I was able to do it in Triscape FX Foto, which has been on my PC for years, but I was hoping to do it in X9.
Any ideas? Image attached:
Thank you all for your replies. Have it sorted now.
I uninstalled the font, & thought it best to delete and re-install as per Alfred's suggestion, but after I uninstalled it, I got the message
"Tahoma cannot be deleted because it is a protected System File."
So I rebooted, went back into PPX9, and it's all working fine now! Yippee! Must have chased out the gremlins. Strange how it only affected PagePlus.
Was that the abridged one?
Screenshot attached. There appears to be no relation to the normal & italic characters. Edit: Just noticed there appears to be a shift 2 characters to the right each time?
Maybe I will need to research further.
Thanks for your reply.
I was up your way in 2006 when I visited my late cousin in Chehalis.
I have a problem with Tahoma Italic font in both PagePlus XP8 & XP9. The standard font works fine in normal and bold, but in italic shows completely incorrect characters. However it works OK in bold italic. And when I try to highlight & replace bold italic with std, italic, it reverts back to incorrect characters.
Tahoma Italic works fine in all other apps such as MS Word, Notepad, Wordpad etc.
And when I download the italic font, and install it, the message shows it’s already installed. Though I haven’t tried deleting and reinstalling yet.
I prefer Tahoma font as in Bold, it is noticeably larger than normal, great for the start of paragraphs. But I choose another font if it’s not going to work.
This seems to have happened after a recent Window 10 update.
I would like to know if others can replicate this problem. TIA John
Thanks GB, all understood, I must be more careful when selecting!
When I create a text box in PPX9 without a border line, the text I enter is normal (black). But when I create a text box and select a line colour first, the entered text is the same colour and is very bold. To return to normal text, I either have to select a clear border line, or select 'Clear Text formatting'.
An I doing something wrong, or is it a bug?
Example attached, hope I have explained it OK.
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