hmm, sounds like good information but i'm afraid i don't know what a pdflatex file is nor a .tex file.
On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:34 AM, John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
