r21604 by gpittman - Adding info about PDF import to Importing Vector Drawings

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Author: gpittman
Date: Wed Dec  7 15:09:31 2016
New Revision: 21604

URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/listing.php?repname=Scribus&sc=1&rev=21604
Log:
Adding info about PDF import to Importing Vector Drawings

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    trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints2.html

Modified: trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints2.html
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=21604&path=/trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints2.html
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--- trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints2.html	(original)
+++ trunk/Scribus/doc/en/importhints2.html	Wed Dec  7 15:09:31 2016
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 <li><b>AI (Adobe Illustrator)</b>: The native format of Illustrator, or, more precisely, formats. Older versions of AI are basically EPS files that contain some additional features only used by Illustrator. As of Illustrator 9, AI is based on PDF, and, like its predecessor, adds some Illustrator-only information. AI import is still experimental but works very well in most cases. One of the major advantages of the AI import filter (and the EPS filter as well) is that Scribus will load spot colors in AI and EPS files correctly. If PDF-based AI files are opened directly (via <i>File > Open</i>), Scribus will also import <a href="layers.html">AI/PDF layers</a>.</li>
 <li><b>EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)</b>: Probably the most wide-spread graphics format in pre-press and a subset of the PostScript standard. See the section about <a href="importhints1.html">EPS import</a> for more information.</li>
 <li><b>PS (PostScript)</b>: A page description language created by Adobe Systems and the foundation of almost all modern print workflows. The PDF format is also derived from PostScript. Since PostScript files can contain more than one page, import may not deliver the expected result.</li>
+<li><b>PDF (Portable Document Format)</b>: As of the 1.5.x versions of Scribus, PDF files can now be imported as vector graphics. See <b>Some Particulars about PDF Import</b> below for further information.</li>
 <li><b>FIG (Xfig)</b>: This is the native format of the UNIX drawing veteran Xfig. While rarely used by designers, it’s ubiquitous in scientific environments like universities for technical drawings or diagrams. The format is well-documented, and import into Scribus works flawlessly.</li>
 <li><b>Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)</b>: An open and widely used standard for two-dimensional vector graphics. See the section about <a href="scribus-svg.html">SVG import</a> for more information.</li>
 <li><b>SXD (OpenOffice.org Draw 1) and ODG (OpenDocument Graphics)</b>: These are the vector file formats used by OpenOffice.org and other Open Source Office Suites. Since “Office Drawing” is quite different from working with a typical vector drawing program, the formats use a lot of features, like automatic connectors, that aren’t well-suited for a print workflow. As a result, import will only work with limited success. See <a href="importhints3.html">Scribus and OpenOffice.org/OpenDocument</a> for possible workarounds.</li>
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+<h3>Some Particulars about PDF Import</h3>
+<p>When you directly import a PDF, everything on the page is a vector drawing, or more precisely, groups of vector objects. If you wish to edit the imported PDF, you must Ungroup, and often continue to Ungroup several times to get to the level you are interested in editing. After you click Ungroup, click outside the ungrouped selection, then back in to see if you have gone far enough.</p>
+<p>You will also realize that, while you may get what appears to be a text frame, this too is a group of vector objects, the individual glyphs. Therefore, if you wish to change some text, you probably will end up deleting the glyph or glyphs you wish to change, after which you can create a text frame in Scribus to enter your new text.</p>
+<p>More detail can be found about this process on the wiki, <a href="https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Importing_PDF_files_as_Vector_Graphics">https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Importing_PDF_files_as_Vector_Graphics</a>.</p>
 <h3>Solid colors in imported vector drawings</h3>
 <p>A consequence of the way Scribus imports vector files is that all colors in a drawing will be added the list of available colors. Depending on the complexity of a drawing and the number of imported files, the list can become quite long, and depending on the source format and the used color spaces, the color names may not be very meaningful:</p>
 <table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/vectimp3.png" title="Imported colors from a vector drawing (SVG)" alt="Imported colors from a vector drawing (SVG)" /></td></tr></table><br>