<html><body>Hi Frank,<br /><br />On 18 March 2011 17:49, Derek Waite <dcwaite@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:<br />>......can Scribus save<br />> files in a format we can all read?<br /><br />You can export to PDF from Scribus.<br /><br />However, in outputting a .sla you have unwittingly rendered a great service :-)<br /><br />You have illustrated some potential pitfalls with Scribus documents and encouraged members to look more closely.<br /><br />So here are two articles/docs I recommend reading:<br /><br />Opening, Creating and Saving Files<br />Under the Saving a document section it talks about older versions not being able to open newer versions, which is widespread in computing (but not a fault with all apps).<br />But more importantly it draws attention to the fact that the SLA file format does not save the images inside the file, but only links to the images. It gives a couple of solutions, including exporting to PDF. <br />http://documentation.scribus.net/index.php/Opening,_Creating_and_Saving_Files<br /><br />And the following is an informative article on PDF Exporting from Scribus:<br />http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=pdfexport1<br /><br />Scribus is a great tool and its adherents are constantly grabbing the newest versions. I have several PCs/laptops with varying distros and versions. I have to keep an eye on versions when switching between machines / distros. I don't always need to use the latest and greatest, depending on the task. But of course, with Scribus, due to its powerful nature, it pays to use the latest :-)<br /><br /><br />
Best regards,<br />Fay<br />East Grinstead Linux User Group<br />www.eglug.org.uk<br /><br /></body></html>