John Jason Jordan wrote: > Scribus 1.2.4.1 on Ubuntu AMD64 Dapper > > 1) Is there a way to place more than the first page of a PDF file? A > manual method is adequate, as I need to do this only with files of a > few pages long. The files are from a CD that came with a textbook I am > using for a course. Instead of printing them out with Kpdf or something > and filling in the answers in handwriting, I want to place a text box > over them to make them "typed in." Plus, that way I can export as a new > PDF and e-mail to the professor instead of having to make a tip to his > office. > Good idea to copy your PDF to your hard drive. As far as breaking up a PDF, Acrobat will do this, of course. For a freely available program, try pdftk: http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/ Use the "burst" command. > 2) Is there a way to embed the PDFs in the Scribus document? (Sorry if > this is a stupid question -- I am just starting to use Scribus.) I > placed them from the CD, then later opened the file when I didn't have > the CD in the drive, and the PDFs were gone. I have plenty of disk > space, so I don't care if it makes the Scribus file large. > A many-times-asked question. Short answer: no. Longer answer you're looking for is to convert to an EPS, which can indeed be embedded in a Scribus document, and does indeed make them quite large.
Greg
