On Tuesday 13 April 2010 13:12:38 Alison Saylor wrote: > thank you! and can i ask you another question? even if i download > that, i'll still have the format changing on me though not so > drastically as going from word to plain text. is there a way to avoid > that? i am having files sent to me in word and then i need to put > them into scribus. when i had the set up before where i converted > them to open office after downloading them, the paragraphs would > disappear and i'd have to reinsert them by hand. thank you for your > help! really appreciate it! > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 12:09 AM, a.l.e <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote: > > hi alison > > > >> sounds like you are saying there's a version of it for MACs. > > > > yes, get it from http://www.openoffice.org (and no other place) > > > > ciao > > a.l.e > > > > _______________________________________________ > > scribus mailing list > > scribus at lists.scribus.info > > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
We start with the overall task first, and then select the tool. If you import your doc file into Open Office Writer then you can save it as a .tex (in this case pdflatex) file. Then pdflatex foo.tex will deliver a properly formatted pdf file. Now this procedure does not use Scribus but it does deliver a properly formatted pdf file with minimum effort. If however you concentrate on the subtask of converting a .doc file to Scribus then the import of an .odt file as has been previously suggested is the way to go. -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/24676863/ http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
