hi john, > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 06:19:37 Peter Nermander wrote: > > > Using scribus-1.3.8-1.fc13.i686 > > > I have a few pdf files I tried to open with scribus. > > > Scribus failed to open every single one of them. > > > > Scribus can not _open_ PDF files. Scribus is not intended to edit > > PDF files. > > > > Scribus can create PDF files, and pages from PDF files can be > > imported into Scribus (like you import an image). > > > > /Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > scribus mailing list > > scribus at lists.scribus.info > > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > More precisely Scribus can IMPORT a one-page pdf file using the > file>import>vector > menu item. It cannot use a pdf file as an argument to an image frame > insert function. It is a mistake that many of us have made at least > once.
what? you should import PDFs in image frames. importing them as vectors may or may not work, depending on the specific PDF. ciao a.l.e p.s.: btw, scribus technically speaking can open pdf files, but it will mostly fail at doing it! so, you should not use that feature.
