On Wednesday 08 September 2010 10:35:42 John Culleton wrote: > On Wednesday 08 September 2010 00:51:00 Peter Nermander wrote: > > > If I import a pdf file with an unknown horizontal dimension is > > > there a way (other than hand-fitting it) to change the Scribus > > > page dimensions to the exact measurements of the imported pdf > > > file? In other words I want the Scribus page and the imported > > > pdf to be exactly congruent. > > > > I can not really understand the use here, if you want the page of > > a PDF to exactly fit a page in Scribus, why even bother to pull > > it into Scribus to create a new PDF? > > > > And then why not open the PDF in Adobe Reader first to find out > > the dimensions? > > > > I guess you could also import the PDF into an image frame and Fit > > to image, then you can see the dimensions in the properties of > > the image frame. Maybe you can even see the properties of the > > imported page in properties palette (I haven't tried)? > > > > /Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > scribus mailing list > > scribus at lists.scribus.info > > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
I am going to try another tack, insert an svg file into a graphics frame. Stay tuned. -- John Culleton Wexford Press "Create Book Covers with Scribus" Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
