Modify an existing PDF file

[Karl F. Larsen]

Loïc Grenié wrote:
> 2009/1/22 Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>:
> [snip]
>   
>>        There is a problem with Scribus, it will not allow a PDF file to
>> be loaded into it. Through experimentation I learned Scribus will take a
>> .PS file into it and this is where Evince comes in.
>>     
> [snip]
>
>      If you want to load file.pdf into scribus, you can also do a symbolic
>   link file.ps pointing to your file.pdf and ask scribus to load it "as a
>   ps file". I usually do it from a command line, in that case it is
>
> ln -s file.pdf file.ps
>
>   but it can be done with any File Manager (although I don't know how...)
>   This trick does not work for all files  (gs just died on one pdf file I
>   tested), but I think it will work for most (all those that gs can process).
>
>          Just my 2 eurocents,
>
>              Loïc
>
>   
    That is cute, and not sure why Scribus is fooled. My method is 
slightly longer but both packages are used as they were made to work.

Karl


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