[scribus] Images

[Murray Strome]

On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 1:57 PM
"Peter Linnell" <mrdocs at scribus.info> wrote:
in reply to  B Hirsekorn
>
> Is there a way to 'embed' images in a
> document rather than 'link' them?
>
> I have a number of screen clips to add to a Scribus document and prefer they be
> part of the document rather than linked. This is a document to be passed to
> other people so having multiple images in a directory is cumbersome.
> Betty
>
>

This was done by design and on purpose. Embedding images inside of page
layout files has been the cause of numerous problems with other page
layout applications. It is not a bug it is a feature. As someone who has
been working with page layout applications for many years, this is
something I was quite adamant to avoid.

For handing out your file to others, we have File > Collect for Output
when then allows you to export the native scribus file plus all images
and fonts into a directory.

I hope that helps to explain why Scribus works the way it does.

Peter
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I concur with Peter's reasoning for NOT embedding images inside Scribus. Programs (such as MS Office or OpenOffice) always cause terrible problems with Embedded Images. I am fairly new to Scribus (and the whole DTP paradigm), but I have found it to be a delight to have images stay where they belong in a document despite making major changes in the number and location of pages.

Murray