[scribus] Importing pdf

[John Culleton]

On Tuesday 08 February 2011 01:19:55 a.l.e wrote:
> hi john
>
> > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:32 PM, John Culleton
> > <john at wexfordpress.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > I want to import a 44 page pdf into a 44 page Scribus document.
> > > What I get is one huge frame with bits and pieces of the
> > > original document. Both are 8.5 x 11 inches.
> > >
> > > Do I need to import it a page at a time?  that sounds tedious.
> > > --
> > > John Culleton
> >
> > I'd be very interested in the answer to your question, John, as I
> > do roughly the same task with every issue.  While I only import
> > about 20 pages, I have found no way to make Scribus import the
> > whole pdf document and paginate it for me.  I use a piece of
> > external software to split the large pdf document into individual
> > pages and import them onto the respective magazine page. It's not
> > a big job, but I would be interested in learning any other
> > technique to accomplish the task.
>
> theoretically, it's possible to do it with a script...
> ... you may need to extend the scripter first though...
>
> ... scribus is not meant to be a tool which places complete
> layouts...
>
> the easiest way to solve your problem is to create the scribus
> document and use an external tool to concatenate the bits (the
> scribus generated pages and the other PDFs you got).
> but i since i don't know what you exactly need and what are your
> skills, it's hard to give more exact hints...
>
>
> ciao
> a.l.e
>
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 I can't speak for the other John, but I have a document that was 
prepared in pdftex. Because it contains color I need it in pdf x/1-
a:2001 format. Otherwise it is not acceptable to the printer, LSI. I 
have had good luck with covers for LSI using Scribus 1.5.0. But this 
booklet has a color interior as well. 

It looks like I will have to break the pages apart and import them one 
by one.  

Bummer. 
-- 
John Culleton
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