[Scribus] Filling in forms which are supplied as PDFs

[David Goodenough]

On Saturday 29 April 2006 15:46, Kite Lau wrote:
> ? 2006-04-29?? 16:01 +0200?Maciej Hanski???
>
> > Kite Lau napisa?(a):
> > >> Is this possible with Scribus (the PDF is not in a format that Scribus
> > >> will open as a document), or could it be added easily?
> > >>
> > >> David
> > >
> > > Another easy way:
> > >
> > > Create a new scribus file with the same sizes of your pdf file. Place a
> > > image frame on the newly created file and import the pdf file into that
> > > frame (right click on the fram and select import image). Then create a
> > > new layer to hold the text you are going to input. The layer can either
> > > be set to be printable or not according to your requirement.
> >
> > Yes, but this way his pdf will be rasterized, and if he converts it to
> > postscript first, it will be imported as vectors.
> >
> > M.
>
> Rasterization is not a problem for him. Suppose he can tag the layer of
> the placed pdf not printable. What he need to do is to print the
> original pdf with acrobat reader, refill that printed paper to paper
> feeder and print the contents of form from Scribus to it again.
I could simply produce a blank form with the relevant data on it and 
align that, but this really does not gain me much.  It would be much
better to save both as one file.

David
>
> Kite
>
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