Re: can't change text size after importing pdf

> I just imported a plot made by Gnuplot into ipe by first running
> pdftoipe to make an xml file, and then opening that file in ipe. The
> problem is that any text (labels) I now add to the document are stuck at
> size "normal". I cannot change their size no matter what I do.
>
> Why is this happening?

pdftoipe does not add a style sheet to the document (it doesn't need one 
as all attributes from the PDF file are absolute) - so there are no 
symbolic options in the user interface.

Add any style sheet to your document (e.g. "basic") and you can change 
the attributes.

Cheers,
  Otfried