[scribus] PDF Opening Problem

[Matthew Lybanon]

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> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:17:02 -0400
> From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>
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> Subject: Re: [scribus] PDF Opening Problem
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> On 09/07/2017 12:47 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote:
>> I just installed Scribus and am learning how to use it.  When I open a PDF file in Scribus it displays as a blank page.  I?m using a Mac and I don?t have GhostScript installed.  Is this the reason or is the problem something else?
>> 
>> Scribus 1.4.6
>> Macintosh OS X 10.11.6
>> 
>> I apologize if this question has been asked and answered many times.
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> Hi Matthew,
> 
> From what you're saying, I want to make sure you understand that 
> Scribus works with a screen layout of a document, which then is exported 
> to PDF, so you don't open a PDF in Scribus. In 1.4.6, you can load a PDF 
> into an image frame, which converts this to a bitmap, and I believe you 
> do need the ghostscript libraries for that.
> As of the 1.5.x series, you can import a PDF as a vector file, which 
> uses podofo libraries. This loads the vector file, after which you then 
> click the mouse to place on a document page.
> 
> Greg
> 

If I use File:Open, one of the supported formats is PDF.  But the result is a blank PDF.  I tried creating an image frame and importing into that.  I can import an image (JPG, etc.) and it works.  But when I choose a PDF file the result is just the name of the file.  Apparently I need the Ghostscript libraries.

If, for example, I am producing a newsletter and I want to include a psoter that I have as a PDF, either I need to solve the above problem or convert the PDF into some other format.

In any case, thanks for the information.