[Scribus] cannot select text in PDF created from Scribus

Zbigniew Szalbot zbyszek
Tue Apr 25 19:55:43 CEST 2006


Hello,

On 25 Apr 2006 at 19:30, PLinnell wrote:

> Nothing wrong. 
> 
> Scribus text in PDF is optimized for exact placement of text within
> the PDF, which comes at a cost of not being easy to select from

OK. Does it mean it is never possible? Or in some cases not possible. I was playing with a 
plain design containing one text field with simple text, nothing else.

> You can directly export text from frames into a plain text file. You
> can link the frames within Scribus and then all the text will export
> in a single go.

Does the N shortcut function as a tool linking frames? I selected two text boxes, pressed N 
and then tried to export but only the content of one text box was written to a file.

Anyway, the export function is a bit strange as it never warns if I want to overwrite an existing 
text file. I played with both creating and overwriting text files but same result each time.

Thank you anyway for such a fast response! I really appreciate it! Especially that I 
desperately wish to divorce MS Publisher and marry Scribus, only that bride is giving me 
some rough time ;)

Warm regards,

Zbigniew Szalbot







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