> Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:17:02 -0400 > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> > To: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Subject: Re: [scribus] PDF Opening Problem > Message-ID: <9c168072-976d-c854-2b53-29c7a1b13784 at iglou.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > On 09/07/2017 12:47 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote: >> I just installed Scribus and am learning how to use it. When I open a PDF >> file in Scribus it displays as a blank page. I?m using a Mac and I don?t >> have GhostScript installed. Is this the reason or is the problem something >> else? >> >> Scribus 1.4.6 >> Macintosh OS X 10.11.6 >> >> I apologize if this question has been asked and answered many times. >> ___ >> > Hi Matthew, > > From what you're saying, I want to make sure you understand that > Scribus works with a screen layout of a document, which then is exported > to PDF, so you don't open a PDF in Scribus. In 1.4.6, you can load a PDF > into an image frame, which converts this to a bitmap, and I believe you > do need the ghostscript libraries for that. > As of the 1.5.x series, you can import a PDF as a vector file, which > uses podofo libraries. This loads the vector file, after which you then > click the mouse to place on a document page. > > Greg >
If I use File:Open, one of the supported formats is PDF. But the result is a blank PDF. I tried creating an image frame and importing into that. I can import an image (JPG, etc.) and it works. But when I choose a PDF file the result is just the name of the file. Apparently I need the Ghostscript libraries. If, for example, I am producing a newsletter and I want to include a psoter that I have as a PDF, either I need to solve the above problem or convert the PDF into some other format. In any case, thanks for the information.
