On 9/15/2011 11:36 AM, john Culleton wrote: > On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:06:09 -0500 > Dale Erwin<dale at casaerwin.org> wrote: > >> On 9/14/2011 8:21 AM, john Culleton wrote: >>> On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:34:36 -0500 >>> Dale Erwin<dale at casaerwin.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I am brand new to Scribus (ver. 1.3.3.14 under WinXP SP2) and have >>>> been trying to go thru the tutorial for beginners to acquaint >>>> myself with the program. >>>> >>>> I didn't get too far before a problem arose. I defined the first >>>> page according to the instructions OK, but when trying to insert >>>> the image frame for the cover photo, in the properties box, I enter >>>> X-Pos: 0.000 mm, Y-Pos: 0.000 mm, Width: 210.000 mm, and all is >>>> well, then when I enter Height: 280.000 mm and when I tab out of >>>> this field the Width is changed by the program to 208.855 mm. >>>> >>>> There is no mention of this in the tutorial and subsequent images >>>> in the tutorial continue to show that Properties box with the >>>> 210.000 and 280.000 dimensions. >>>> >>>> Thinking I may have done something wrong and not being very far >>>> into the tutorial, I deleted the entire thing and started anew >>>> with the same results. What have I done wrong? >>>> >>> >>> Can't address this problem directly. But the so-called "stable" >>> version you are using is years obsolete and no one is working on >>> it. Any defects it has it has forever. The version 1.4.0rc5 is what >>> most of us are using. Some users still prefer earlier developmental >>> versions in the series 1.3.5 through 1.3.9. >>> >>> Here is a quote from the Scribus download web page: >>> -------------------------------------- >>> Current developmental version is 1.4.0 RC5. This is the fifth >>> release candidate for the 1.4.0 version. It's sufficiently stable >>> for many people to run in production environments, but beware of >>> bugs that might still be there. Report any problems in our bug >>> tracking system. ------------------------------- >>> It is in fact the new stable in everything but name. I suggest you >>> move up to it. Then if a problem occurs someone can assist you >>> better. >>> >>> I use two versions: 1.4.0RC 5 and 1.5.0. The latter has one feature >>> I must have for my work, the output of a document in PDF X/1-a:2001 >>> format. I develop in 1.4.0 RC5 and then load the sla file in 1.5.0 >>> for the final file creation. >>> >> >> Thanks, that's a very good suggestion because I am going to need that >> PDF X/1-a myself. So then, I take it 1.4.0RC5 as well as all >> previous releases cannot do the PDF X/1-a export. >> > > Right on. But if you get to the point where you need X/1-a and the > document is 100% otherwise ship me the whole kaboodle via the Collect > for Output function and I will try to convert it for you. Don't forget > to check fonts in the Collect for Output function. > > If you are doing a cover and don't want to ship me the cover then just > save it as tiff. LSI will accept that also. > > To recap: > LSI requires X/1-a format for: > All covers > Interiors which have color pages. > > It is NOT required for B/W interiors. >
I don't know what LSI is (unless it's Large Scale Integration), but Lulu Press requires PDF with embedded fonts for everything, even B/W. I designed my last cover on Lulu's web site and I was happy with it, so I will probably do the same with this one. -- Dale Erwin Lurigancho, Lima 15 PERU http://leather.casaerwin.org ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.26, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18320) http://www.pctools.com/ =======
