xavier mas wrote: > Hi list! > > I am a very new user of Scribus an I need to open pdf files in order to edit > them, but I can't open either any pdf or ps files. Seems that Scribus can > open only files created with its native extension, but I don't believe that.
Scribus can not open PDF and PostScript files to edit them like you are probably expecting. As far as I know, no software can. The closest is Adobe Acrobat Professional with an add-on like Enfocus PitStop - and even with that wallet-breaking package PDF editing is neither very full-featured nor completely reliable. Scribus does not support working on PDF or PostScript directly. Currently it can ONLY use PDF in an image frame by rasterising it with GhostScript. It also supports this with PS, but you can also convert PS to vectors with (most types of) image automatically extracted. If you're looking for a generic PS/PDF editor, Scribus isn't what you're after. It's PDF and PS support are geared more toward using those files as part of your designs, as is typical in desktop publishing. -- Craig Ringer
