On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 21:00 +0100, Tino Schwarze wrote: > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 07:36:39PM +0000, Calum Polwart wrote: > > > > How is the 3-fold page suppose to work? I create a new document and all > > > it does is produce a new page, with margin lines or 3 even sized pages. > > > What am I doing wrong. > > > It controls how 'pages' are layed out when you add extra pages. > > > > So if you want a standard 3 fold, A4 leaflet you would choose: > > > > 3 Fold > > Page Size ? 99mm x 21mm (1/3rd A4) > > And insert 6 pages. > > > > This will give you the layout BUT note when you export it to PDF you'll > > get 6 seperate pages - you need to then use some manipulation software > > to impose the 3 pages (multivalent or look on the scribus site for info > > about booklet printing its the same concept) > > Because rearranging PDFs is annoying, I usually start the layout for my > 3-page leaflets on A4 landscape (plus cut margins). It's actually easier > and less error-prone (and I don't get any benefit from telling scribus > that it's actually 3 pages). Apart from that you need to take into > account that one of the pages needs to be a bit narrower for winded > folds (German Wickelfalz). > > Bye, Tino.
I'm inclined to agree - for booklets (A4 folded to A5) that are more than 4 pages its worth using the scribus setup and the manipulating the pdf. For something tha is just a double sided A4 (one fold or two) its probably just as easy to use some form f guide at the appropriate lace at least until scribus is capable of the page manipulations its self. > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060207/0999d63b/attachment.html
