[scribus] to get a textfile

[john Culleton]

On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:49:32 +1100
"Owen" <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:

> 
> > I'm very biginer. And a problem immediately!
> > When I try to get my own textfile into the
> > textframe nothing happend. I've
> > tried .docx/ .oppenoffise/ and .pdf.
> > Exampletext comes without problem
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 1. Right click on the text frame
> 
> 2. Get Text
> 
> See
> http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/images/get-text.jpg
> 
> 
Sometimes Scribus can handle an odt file, but
sometimes not. The surest source is a plain
text file. If you don't have one then save one
from Open Office, Libre Office or Acrobat Reader. 


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John Culleton
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