Ah, thanks, that worked. That appears to convert the PDF over to a bitmap graphic. I think I would put it between inkscape and openoffice as far as usefulness. On the one hand it does render the PDF perfectly, on the other hard it's now a graphic so it can't be edited, and on a third hand of a mutant, it only works a page at a time. It is useful if all you want to do is add to a document or fill out a few blanks, on a PDF not designed to be filled out, for printing. Thanks for the tip, Brian Cluff On 05/31/2013 04:40 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Brian, > > Scribus does not import pdfs. You have to open a blank document, and > then insert a graphics object. You import the pdf into the graphics > object. Stretch the graphics object to fit the area of the page you > want. Then, insert text objects into the graphics object and type away. > Save the document; export to pdf, ignore errors, and enjoy! > > Mark > > On May 31, 2013 3:26 PM, "Brian Cluff" > wrote: > > I knew scribus would export PDFs, and is quite good at it, but I > hadn't realized that it would also import them. > That being said, I just tried importing a number of PDFs and it did > a terrible job. Basically the documents were unrecognizable. > > Is this typical behavior for scribus, or am I doing something wrong? > > Brian Cluff > > On 05/31/2013 07:56 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > I use Scribus to addr content to pdf files. > > There is more detail in the thread here - > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__lurker/message/20121017.__174639.6dd87023.en.html > > > Mark > > I'd swear I asked this but it isn't in the archives. Hans said > something > about acrostar but that was 7 years ago and I was wondering if > anything > new (better)has come about that allows us to input text onto a > pdf. (the > hans comment was in a thread with the words 'fillable' and 'pdf' > in the > subject) > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss