On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:56:07 -0700 ols6000 at sbcglobal.net wrote: > On a Windows XP machine, I have a Scribus file MyDoc.sla. This > document has many pictures, which are in two separate folders, > MyPict1 and MyPict2. > > I have made a copy of MyDoc.sla on a Linux (FC6) machine. When I open > it with Scribus 1.3.3.9cvs, the pictures are all red X's, since I > haven't moved copies of all the photos. > > 1) From within Scribus, there doesn't seem to be any way to find out > the name or path of the missing photos. Right-clicking on the picture > frame and selecting Info just gives "no image loaded". Is there any > way to get the path using Scribus? > > 2) I have examined MyDoc.sla with a text editor, and I see lines such > as PFILE="../../D/S/M/P/G/MyPicture.JPG". This is the correct > relative Windows path from MyDoc.sla in its Windows directory to > MyPicture.JPG in its Windows directory. It is not appropriate to > recreate the Windows directory structure on Linux. Assuming I move > all the images to (new) Linux directories MyPict1Linux and > MyPict2Linux, how can I tell Scribus that is where to look for the images? > > 3) Is there any easier way to move a complex document from one > machine to another?
Have you tried File->Collect for Output Make a directory "Collect" File->Collect for Output (Also collect fonts if necessary) And just take it where you want Owen
