so in answer to my own question (see below)... I was not used to the cutting off content that falls outside of the margins...
Now I set the margins to 0.00 in the following dialog boxes and it prints and exports to pdf super fine... file > document setup and page > manage page properties Best, Kernow (Kernow Craig) wrote: > Hi, > > Ive found migrating from indesign and quark (osx tiger ppc) to scribus > 1.3.3 (ubuntu breezy i386) a very easy and rewarding process, however i > have experienced a few small hickups that I havent been able to find the > answer to through the list search, wiki or doc pages... > > Ill start with the initial problem that I have experienced with the > template pages (or as I see them title 'master pages')... > > The elements that I put on these pages are not printing or saving in the > pdfs. They appear in scribus when I apply a master page to a normal > page, but only the non master content appears outside of scribus in pdf > or print... > > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. > > Best, > Kernow > > PS Maybe such banal questions would be better suited to the irc channel > but I couldnt seem to get on with the server url: irc.freenode.net >
