Tim Jowers wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for some help with creating a PDF. Trying to publish via > LuLu. They need an Adobe-compatible PDF. Tried with 50 page dummy PDF > from Scribus. 1.4 PDF. Good. Works. Tried with PDF from OO Writer. > Bad. Fonts are not embedded. Also .ps from OO writer failed processing > at LuLu. > So I hoped to go OpenOffice.org Writer -> Scribus -> PDF -> LuLu. > No joy. Can anyone tell me how I might could "Get Text" (right click > option) for a 412 page file? Right now my option seems to be to create > 412 smaller files and do one at a time. And then re-place the 70 or so > images and the charts. > > The book is at http://www.serviza.com/bizbook/SoftwareIsFree59.odt or > http://www.serviza.com/SoftwareIsFree-ForBusiness.pdf > The short answer is that you're talking about a mountain of work to import into Scribus after already creating a 412 page book, though it's doable.
Check this thread: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/2006-September/019962.html which talks about using Distiller to make your project acceptable by Lulu. Also, at some point check out the tutorial on the Wiki: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Get_Started_with_Scribus which may in the future help you organize the task of using oowriter and Scribus. Organization from the get-go is going to be the key to simplifying the process. BTW, I scanned through your PDF, not so much for content, but I like the nice, clean look. Greg
