[users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are unreadable by Scribus on that same OS. I have not checked other versions or OSes. Does anyone here know how to determine if a file is

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread David B Teague
The PDF readers Foxit and Adobe read all pdf and hybrid pdf files I have generated with OO.o. 2.x and 3.x. If there is indeed a verifier for PDF other than the several interpreters out there, I'd like to know about it. David Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus?  I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. I am triaging a bug for another user. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il - To

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
The PDF readers Foxit and Adobe read all pdf and hybrid pdf files I have generated with OO.o. 2.x and 3.x.  If there is indeed a verifier for PDF other than the several  interpreters out there, I'd like to know about it. It would be reasonable to assume that readers could read _some_

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Andy
Dotan, To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error. It would seem the problem is with the Scribus. Hope this helps. Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error.  It would seem the problem is with the Scribus.  Hope this helps. Thanks, Andy, that's great to know. If there is no sensitive info in that file, and you wouldn't mind me posting it to a bug report, then

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Meyer
Dotan Cohen wrote: To test I tried to open known good, created with Acrobat, in Scribus and get an error. It would seem the problem is with the Scribus. Hope this helps. Thanks, Andy, that's great to know. If there is no sensitive info in that file, and you wouldn't mind me posting it

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Dotan Cohen
I'm not so sure you wouldn't want to file it with the Scribus buglist.  A cursory check of Scribus revealed no known bugs matching that description. ‎That's a hard one for me! Do you mean to say: I'm sure you would want to file it with the Scribus buglist ? Because that is what I intend to

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread Andy
Dotan, The file I use can be found via a link at www.dhs.gov find the link to the I-9 form on the main page. I have also loaded this file into PDFill which is the closest I have found to Acrobat as an pdf editor and it loads and allows editing. Dotan Cohen wrote: Thanks, Andy, that's

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread James Knott
Dotan Cohen wrote: It seems that there may be a problem with PDF files created by OOo (or a problem with Scribus, which is possible). PDF file created by OOo 3.0 and 3.1 on Ubuntu are unreadable by Scribus on that same OS. I have not checked other versions or OSes. Does anyone here know how to

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 May 2009 09:28:39 -0600 John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us dijo: Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. I don't know what Dotan is using the PDFs for, but I export specific selections from OOo as PDFs to place

Re: [users] Scribus will not open PDF files created by OOo

2009-05-30 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Sat, 30 May 2009 09:28:39 -0600 John Meyer pueblonat...@opensuse.us dijo: Why are you opening pdfs in Scribus? I've always thought of PDFs as a final output, not a file to be edited. I don't know what Dotan is using the PDFs for, but I export specific selections from OOo as PDFs to place