Hi Nik, > Further tests confirmed that it is possible to import an OpenOffice > table into OpenOffice Draw, export as EPS, and then import the > PostScript into scribus. > > However, after importing the first 3 tables (of 38), scribus has ground > to a halt processing, a file save takes in the order of minutes, and the > resulting file is 33 Mbytes in size. This approach clearly isn't going > to work for this project.
Just one question: Did you import the EPS files via "File - Import" or into a picture frame? You may want to try the latter since the first way imports EPS as an editable vector object. This can eat much of your RAM. I suggest importing as an image. Just my 2 cents ... Christoph
