[Scribus] rank beginner needs help!!

[Frank Emens]

I've been trying to do something (anything) with Scribus to see how (and if) it'll be of use in 
preparing a 6-page newsletter for publication. Every way I've tried to import text into a text 
block results in a block full of empty, letter-sized square symbols -- no text at all.\

I'm assuming that it may have something to do with specifying the text translation code used 
to import the text, but haven't been able to do anything to correct it.

Does anybody have advice to offer?
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Frank Emens
femens at hiwaay.net
Huntsville, Alabama