<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style='font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;'>Scribus v 1.5.3 will open (convert) a PDF document and/or you can open a PDF file using e.g. Inkscape, save it as SVG and then Import it in Scribus v1.4.6. File > Import > Vector File.<br><br><div class="zmail_extra"><div id="1"><br>---- On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:45:46 +0000 <b>Daniel Herrmann <fabwerkmainz@gmail.com></b> wrote ---- <br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid #0000FF;padding-left: 6px; margin: 0 0 0 5px"><div>Hi Matthew, <br> <br>convert the PDF to a Jpg or tif. Gimp will do that job. Maybe Scribus is <br>able to import PDF-docs, too, but you will get in trouble lateron. <br> <br>cu daniel <br> <br>Am 08.09.2017 5:29 nachm. schrieb "Matthew Lybanon" <<a href="mailto:lybanon@earthlink.net" target="_blank">lybanon@earthlink.net</a>>: <br> <br>> > Message: 2 <br>> > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:17:02 -0400 <br>> > From: Gregory Pittman <<a href="mailto:gpittman@iglou.com" target="_blank">gpittman@iglou.com</a>> <br>> > To: <a href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.net" target="_blank">scribus@lists.scribus.net</a> <br>> > Subject: Re: [scribus] PDF Opening Problem <br>> > Message-ID: <9c1680<a href="mailto:72-976d-c854-2b53-29c7a1b13784@iglou.com" target="_blank">72-976d-c854-2b53-29c7a1b13784@iglou.com</a>> <br>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > On 09/07/2017 12:47 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote: <br>> >> I just installed Scribus and am learning how to use it. When I open a <br>> PDF file in Scribus it displays as a blank page. I?m using a Mac and I <br>> don?t have GhostScript installed. Is this the reason or is the problem <br>> something else? <br>> >> <br>> >> Scribus 1.4.6 <br>> >> Macintosh OS X 10.11.6 <br>> >> <br>> >> I apologize if this question has been asked and answered many times. <br>> >> ___ <br>> >> <br>> > Hi Matthew, <br>> > <br>> > From what you're saying, I want to make sure you understand that <br>> > Scribus works with a screen layout of a document, which then is exported <br>> > to PDF, so you don't open a PDF in Scribus. In 1.4.6, you can load a PDF <br>> > into an image frame, which converts this to a bitmap, and I believe you <br>> > do need the ghostscript libraries for that. <br>> > As of the 1.5.x series, you can import a PDF as a vector file, which <br>> > uses podofo libraries. This loads the vector file, after which you then <br>> > click the mouse to place on a document page. <br>> > <br>> > Greg <br>> > <br>> <br>> If I use File:Open, one of the supported formats is PDF. But the result <br>> is a blank PDF. I tried creating an image frame and importing into that. <br>> I can import an image (JPG, etc.) and it works. But when I choose a PDF <br>> file the result is just the name of the file. Apparently I need the <br>> Ghostscript libraries. <br>> <br>> If, for example, I am producing a newsletter and I want to include a <br>> psoter that I have as a PDF, either I need to solve the above problem or <br>> convert the PDF into some other format. <br>> <br>> In any case, thanks for the information. <br>> ___ <br>> Scribus Mailing List: <a href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.net" target="_blank">scribus@lists.scribus.net</a> <br>> Edit your options or unsubscribe: <br>> <a href="http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus" target="_blank">http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus</a> <br>> See also: <br>> <a href="http://wiki.scribus.net" target="_blank">http://wiki.scribus.net</a> <br>> <a href="http://forums.scribus.net" target="_blank">http://forums.scribus.net</a> <br>> <br>-------------- next part -------------- <br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... <br>URL: <<a href="http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20170908/e4b69f08/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20170908/e4b69f08/attachment.html</a>> <br>___ <br>Scribus Mailing List: <a href="mailto:scribus@lists.scribus.net" target="_blank">scribus@lists.scribus.net</a> <br>Edit your options or unsubscribe: <br><a href="http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus" target="_blank">http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus</a> <br>See also: <br><a href="http://wiki.scribus.net" target="_blank">http://wiki.scribus.net</a> <br><a href="http://forums.scribus.net" target="_blank">http://forums.scribus.net</a> <br></div></blockquote><br></div><br></div></body></html>