[scribus] Easiest way to insert text.

[Joe Zeff]

On 06/02/2011 01:40 PM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote:
> I am faced with importing from OOo or LibreOffice, s well as Word,
> frequently.  I cannot find a really good way to import these files.  When
> importing the open source file formats, the paragraph style identifiers make
> little sense to me and they add to my list of styles an extraneous group of
> styles that are only useful for the article they are associated with.

I do a two-page weekly 'zine for an apa.  I use OpenOffice to enter the 
text and get the spelling right.  Then, I import it into scribus, 
dropping it into a template to get the basic look right.  Last, I go 
into the story editor apply the appropriate paragraph styles and add 
italics as needed.  I don't use paragraph styles in OOo because I've got 
them set just the way I like them in scribus, and for me it's a case of 
KISS.

If you need to import files that other people have created, with their 
own styles, there's an check-box in the Import dialog that allows you to 
import text only, not the styles.