2008/9/23, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi! > > Anybody in the list using Scribus? > > I ask because we have several documents made in Adobe Acrobat that we would > like to update. If you open one of the documents in Acrobat Reader, the > cover page is full of assorted images; click on an image and Acrobat Reader > goes to the page with the details about the image clicked. > > Can I use Scribus to maintain these documents?
I don't think Acrobat is actually intended to make documents ;-). Perhaps the document was made in InDesign, PageMaker or some other DTP programs, and you've lost the source? But if you want to hack the PDF, pdfedit (Ubuntu/Debian package available) may be of help. Also the latest version of inkscape can read in the PDF directly, experience it always gets the fonts wrong (it gives the text an ugly looking default.) I've seen a friend actually edit a PDF using Adobe Illustrator (which I believe is the native file format of illustrator), but even with Adobe's proprietary tool you can only go so far. The justification (right/left alignment) is likely to be affected if you replace whole paragraphs. It's okay if all you want to do is correct a few typos though. I'm not sure if the images can be replaced. Acrobat is also okay for adding crop marks and other minor edits. But for long term "maintainance" your only choice is to use the source file and the program that produced the PDF output or the page data that was sent to Acrobat Distiller. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
