yes, have all three thank you! i'm doing what i should be doing according to the instructions. that's what's especially perplexing about it. thanks though!
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:01 PM, John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > On Wednesday 14 April 2010 14:07:46 Alison Saylor wrote: >> Hello All! ?Thank you very much for all the responses I got. >> Unfortunately, I am still stuck. ?I am still trying, without success, >> to open documents into text boxes in Scribus. ?the documents are >> emailed to me in Word. ?I downloaded OpenOffice and converted the >> document into a .odt file. ?when i try and open it in the text box the >> initials 'PK' appeared and nothing else. ?cutting and pasting the text >> eliminates the formatting. ?i'm perplexed because this is a process >> i've done hundreds of times successfully when i was using Scribus for >> Ubuntu on my last computer, but now that I am on a MAC no dice. >> >> I really, really appreciate the help I've gotten so far, so many of >> you have been very generous. ?I think the help I need at this point is >> very, very basic. ?the concepts underlying these issues are very much >> beyond my knowledge base, so 99% of the comments and responses on the >> listserv I cannot unfortunately put to use. ?what i need is advice >> along the lines of 'click on this icon, then choose x from the drop >> down menu'. ?here's what i am currently doing to try and get the files >> into the DTP: ?clicking on the text box. ?clicking on the 'edit text' >> icon. then clicking on the 'load from file' icon in the story box. >> any ideas about what i might be doing wrong? ?thank you so much in >> advance for any help! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > Did you buy the Scribus Manual? I find that a big help for me. There are > also some good things in the wiki and in the tutorials. > -- > 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 >
