Scrivener should be able to import PDF files. We should have the option to import them directly as additions or appendix to the compiles document, or as a list of pages where we can remove individual pages - select a few of the pages of a PDF file and disregard the rest.
We should be able to also import a pdf file as images, jpg files(other formats), that we can place in our text just like we place images.
Finally we should be able to import them in to Scrivener as text + images. We can partially do this manually by copy and paste from a pdf file in the research folder, but it should be possible to just point and click …
It is a very time consuming weakness in Scrivener that this is not possible to do. To manually handle PDF files take lots and lots of time, and requires skills.
This might not be interesting from a developers view, where his goal is partially to make money, and therefor has to evaluate the cost of maintenance and development against paying customers.
From a users perspective, this is absolutely a fundamental feature that definitely should be in a program like scrivener.