On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 16:57:08 -0500 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> On 03/07/2015 01:50 PM, John Culleton wrote: > > I am importing over 200 pdf pages into a > > series of scribus 1.5.0 documents, 20 at a > > time. The pdf documents were created in > > MSWierd with the little tic marks at the > > corners and little round symbols outside the > > edge of each margin. > > > > As it happens the Scribus 1.5.0 documents have > > slightly larger page size than the input > > pages so these unwanted markings show up. I > > have been covering them up with white graphic > > patches, one at a time. > > Master pages appear under the imported pages, > > and not over so that is no help. > > > > Is there another way to set up these pages > > that will cover up these marks? I suppose I > > could set up in my sample file a single page > > with these coverup patches on an upper layer > > and then dupe these pages 20 times but that > > would require me to import about 60 pages > > already in sla files. > > > > Any other thoughts? > > > Just like other vector files, PDFs imported to > 1.5.0 are editable. As a vector file, it > consists of grouped objects, and likely groups > of groups. So ungroup the imported PDF, click > on the item of interest (you may have to > unselect the original first), and see whether > it needs to be ungrouped further. Even text > will look like a text frame, but it will be an > ungroupable object, down to its individual > glyphs. > > Greg > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > > > _______________________________________________________ > Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain > Hosting http://www.doteasy.com That will be useful information beyond just the crop marks. I forgot yht ai don't have to redo the pages already done because I have already populated them with little graphic frames covering up the offending items, one at a time. And for the future I have created a file with two layers etc. But there will be occasions when I need to add a correction to a page. Ungrouping is the answer. As always, thanks for your help. Who says you can't teach an old canine new tricks! -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!
