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#1
Beginner Talk / how to copy text and images fr...
Last post by LesW - March 16, 2026, 11:48:59 PM
Hi
I am very new to Scribus and not yet started using. I have a large book in pdf format and would like to copy text and images from the pdf file into Scribus and save me time in starting from scratch in Scribus. Please describe the steps from the beginning on what I need to do.
#2
Code / Re: PythonAPI and groups
Last post by henrylaw - March 16, 2026, 07:18:16 PM
I've found a workround for this; if you retrieve the names of the objects in the group and then ungroup it, you can then access their properties by name.  But you have to issue "closeDoc()" before exiting your script as otherwise Scribus will remain open and ask for confirmation.

Here's a code fragment which works.  (It processes text frames unless they have paragraph style "diary_style")

grouped_items = scribus.getGroupItems( item_name, type=4 )
scribus.unGroupObjects( item_name )
for gi in grouped_items:
if gi[1] == 4:
  try:
    para_style = scribus.getParagraphStyle( gi[0] )
  except scribus.NoValidObjectError:
    print( f"Object not found: '{gi[0]}'" )
    continue
  if para_style != diary_style:
    process_text_frame(gi[0])
    ... etc
#3
Code / Re: PythonAPI and groups
Last post by henrylaw - March 16, 2026, 03:59:52 PM
I too have found that, while I can get a list of the object names, I can't even access them to determine their properties.  I have an existing document which I'm trying to analyse; it has groups of text frames and I want to examine the paragraph styles assigned to each of those frames.  This code fragment shows how I'm trying to do it:
grouped_items = scribus.getGroupItems( 'group name', type=4 )
for gi in grouped_items:
    if gi[1] == 4:
        try:
            para_style = scribus.getParagraphStyle( gi[0] )
        except scribus.NoValidObjectError:
            print( f"Object not found: '{gi[0]}'" )
            continue
        print( f"Item '{gi[0]}' in group; style '{para_style}'" )

I get "Object not found" for every text frame in the group.

The getGroupItems method could be really useful, essential even; but not if you can't do anything with what it finds.
#4
General Discussion / Index Creation not saved
Last post by Kerrrunchhh - March 16, 2026, 11:23:02 AM
I succeeded in creating a content and an index page for my project.
But when I load the document creating them again does not work.
Maybe saving them is buggy?
#5
General Discussion / Re: Text Shadows not appearing...
Last post by utnik - March 16, 2026, 05:54:52 AM
as .pdf-1.3 doesn't support transparencies and scribus don't flattens them, you should export your file at least as a .pdf-1.4.
did you export it to .Pdf-1.3?

utnik
#6
General Discussion / Text Shadows not appearing in ...
Last post by Doctor Fatbeard - March 16, 2026, 03:27:28 AM
I just started using scribus. I have a text frame that includes text with a drop shadow. But when I export my file as a PDF, the drop shadow disappears. What gives?

Update: I've been working on this for several hours, googling, chatgpting, etc, still nothing. I'm using Scribus 1.6.5, and I cannot figure out why this basic feature does not work. I'm about to be done with scribus.
#7
General Discussion / Text Styles: Can the Direct pa...
Last post by marce colina - March 15, 2026, 01:16:47 AM
Is there a way to override the Direct paragraph formatting when applying an style? Such option would be handy, since in some cases you apply the text style and is not really applied until you made the second step of pressing the remove the direct paragraph formatting icon.
#9
Features / Re: PDF Export Profiles
Last post by a.l.e - March 14, 2026, 09:37:13 AM
There is a proposal for exporting the PDF presets:

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=16257
#10
Features / Re: PDF Export Profiles
Last post by NathanUp - March 11, 2026, 05:18:04 PM
How cool! Thanks for the script. 

QuoteI do agree it would be great to have easy access to multiple profiles in the pdf export window.
Yea, it would be a standout feature for Scribus. So useful.