[scribus] Importing ODT text into a Scribus Table

[a.l.e]

hi julian,
> And before you mention the wiki article about Complex Tables and
> Scribus, the problem with that approach is that importing the text via
> an OpenOffice Draw derived eps file leaves the text as an image, not as
> editable real text, so we wouldn't be able to ever edit our text in the
> Scribus file :-(
>   
afaik, you can't import a table and keep it editable in scribus. period. 
for now.
it's not a good news, but that's life...

> Hope this makes sense. BTW, the new table editing/layout features have
> been on the roadmap since 2006, any idea when we might see them? Better
> table facilities are definitely needed as they are quite a basic feature
> of a DTP tool .... it really lets the side down from a quite wonderful
> application.

afaik2, it waits for the new file (.sla) formatting being finished...
let's cross our fingers...


ciao
a.l.e