> I use Scribus 1.3.3.11 in Ubuntu Linux (Gutsy Gibbon) on a computer > with a AMD Athlon 64 processor. > I composed my first newsletter in Scribus following the examples in > the tutorial, using two layers for the constant and variable contents. > > When I exported the final product (8 pages) to PDF I received error > warnings. They referred to missing images and such, none of which > seemed to be the case. I chose to ignore the warning and the document > exported correctly to pdf format. I made sure the images were being > reduced to 72 dpi and the output intended for Web/Screen purposes. > The file size of the pdf document was about 2.8 MB which seemed to be > excessive. I thought it might help to flatten the original document to > a single layer before exporting to pdf. That might also resolve the > error warnings. > QUESTION: How do you flatten multiple layers to a single one? I can't > find any ways to do that. If it can't be done I'll lay out the next > newsletter issue in a single layer and see if that helps. > Willem Borman (wilborm at yahoo.com)
You don't flatten AFAICT. That's a image prcessing concept Did you try outling all your fonts to reduce the pdf size? Owen
