actually.... I guess it is easier to print it up, fill it in, scan it in then gscan2pdf! :-)~MIKE~(-:
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:46 PM, Brian Cluff <[email protected]> wrote: > You have to repeat the same process for every page in your PDF and then > set the page number of the PDF to import in the image preferences. > > Far from ideal, but good for some things in a pinch. > > You can also load PDFs visually perfect into the GIMP, but then you will > truly be out of the vector world all together... but again, good for some > things in a pinch. > > Brian Cluff > > > On 05/31/2013 08:15 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> how did you do it? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> >> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Mark Phillips >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:mark@**phillipsmarketing.biz<[email protected]>>> >> wrote: >> >> I have edited multi-page PDFs before with scribus. >> >> Mark >> >> On May 31, 2013 5:18 PM, "Brian Cluff" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Ah, thanks, that worked. That appears to convert the PDF over >> to a bitmap graphic. I think I would put it between inkscape >> and openoffice as far as usefulness. On the one hand it does >> render the PDF perfectly, on the other hard it's now a graphic >> so it can't be edited, and on a third hand of a mutant, it only >> works a page at a time. >> >> It is useful if all you want to do is add to a document or fill >> out a few blanks, on a PDF not designed to be filled out, for >> printing. >> >> Thanks for the tip, >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 05/31/2013 04:40 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >> >> Brian, >> >> Scribus does not import pdfs. You have to open a blank >> document, and >> then insert a graphics object. You import the pdf into the >> graphics >> object. Stretch the graphics object to fit the area of the >> page you >> want. Then, insert text objects into the graphics object and >> type away. >> Save the document; export to pdf, ignore errors, and enjoy! >> >> Mark >> >> On May 31, 2013 3:26 PM, "Brian Cluff" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> >> I knew scribus would export PDFs, and is quite good at >> it, but I >> hadn't realized that it would also import them. >> That being said, I just tried importing a number of >> PDFs and it did >> a terrible job. Basically the documents were >> unrecognizable. >> >> Is this typical behavior for scribus, or am I doing >> something wrong? >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 05/31/2013 07:56 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: >> >> I use Scribus to addr content to pdf files. >> >> There is more detail in the thread here - >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/____**lurker/message/20121017.____* >> *174639.6dd87023.en.html<http://lists.phxlinux.org/____lurker/message/20121017.____174639.6dd87023.en.html> >> <http://lists.phxlinux.org/__**lurker/message/20121017.__** >> 174639.6dd87023.en.html<http://lists.phxlinux.org/__lurker/message/20121017.__174639.6dd87023.en.html> >> > >> >> >> <http://lists.phxlinux.org/__**lurker/message/20121017.__** >> 174639.6dd87023.en.html<http://lists.phxlinux.org/__lurker/message/20121017.__174639.6dd87023.en.html> >> <http://lists.phxlinux.org/**lurker/message/20121017.** >> 174639.6dd87023.en.html<http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/message/20121017.174639.6dd87023.en.html> >> >> >> >> Mark >> >> I'd swear I asked this but it isn't in the >> archives. Hans said >> something >> about acrostar but that was 7 years ago and I was >> wondering if >> anything >> new (better)has come about that allows us to input >> text onto a >> pdf. 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