On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 23:57 -0800, joolean wrote: > I'm teaching a class where we're using Scribus to create a CD booklet. > Sorry this is not really an answer! But perhaps you may answer my qu's! And see my comments below about saving and re-opening.
I just copied your workflow in linux ... > The process is > 1. Create a Scribus CD booklet document with 120mm x 120mm dimensions and 8 > pages. OK > 2. Create a Scribus imposition document A4 with crop, fold and registration > marks. ? Confused. Is this something new? I cant see anything about an 'imposition' document - is this really just an A4 scribus document that you are using for the imposition? - or does it have some mystery property... > 3. Import two pages from the CD document into one page of the imposition > document using the Page->Import feature so it will print properly. When I import a 120 x 120 document I get a 120 x 120 page... instead of my old A4 page? Can someone tell me how to import two pages onto one larger page > > Seems simple enough but one of my students is having trouble with Free > Objects. These show up in the Outline window under the item 'Free Objects' > which contains any objects that aren't part of a page. > > The problem is that she has a few vector shapes that are part on and part > off the page but Scribus keeps putting them in the Free Objects category and > then when she tries to import the page into the imposition document, those > objects aren't importing because Scribus treats them as not being part of > that page. I was about to say I CAN import vector objects which are free? (in Ubuntu on 1.3.3.5) I've drawn a circle in the top left corner and had only 1/4 on the page and it still imports perfectly. However, when I have reopened the document it is no longer free! Its an object on the relevant page. I *think* but don't know (couldn't reproduce) that locking may have an influence - but I seems that if I draw the shape and go to window it says its free. Even if I save it - it says its free. But if I close and reopen it the object is no longer free! If none of the object touches a page it appears to remain free. I guess the opening process allocates the overlapping objectto the page. Curiously I also don't seem to get an error on preflighting these once the overhang is not 'free' - I think thats a change from the past. > > We've tried grouping all the items on the page but that doesn't work. Is > there a way to attach objects to a page or is it simply not possible to have > objects that are part on and part off a page? > The reason for the objects hanging over is bleed. When they're imported into > the A4 document, the overhanging bits just get cut off. Are the objects definitely 'free' on the page and not 'free' on the master page? Can something be free on a (master) page if you catch my drift. > > I've searched for Free Objects on the forums but couldn't find any > references which really surprises me. We're using Windows with Scribus > 1.3.3.5. Does the Linux version not have Free Objects? > Linux has 'Free objects' > Thanks, > Julian.
