I have edited multi-page PDFs before with scribus. Mark On May 31, 2013 5:18 PM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: > 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 >> > 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 >