>There has been some discussion about large documents in Scribus, 500 >pages and more. >I was wondering if it's feasible to do such a document in chapters >rather than the whole book at once, this way alterations dont affect the >whole and changing/opening / saving is speedier.
Hi Roger, This is exactly what I would strongly suggest to do with such a large document. Actually, not doing so is going to be just not possible at the moment in Scribus. Also, since Scribus is so good at exporting PDFs, the need to actually assemble such a large piece at the end of the layout process could be unnecessary. Just export the PDFs by section and either put them together with a PDF tool if you need to or hand them like that to your printer. In that case, just make sure you name your files in a logical way. Lots of printers today will have no problem handling many PDF files to achieve a single book. Keep in mind that unless this book will be printed on a digital press that output assembled books, larger presses oblige to print by sections (signatures) of, say, 8 or 16 or 32 pages in the reading order (for perfect binding) depending on paper size and page format. So, basically, the imposition process will split the job into sections anyway. I am *not* saying your own sections should follow the printing section pattern (although they could). I want to point out that it is going to be split anyway so it shouldn't matter for the printer. Very little extra work. Good negociation from the start (people don't like surprises!) could avoid extra costs for doing so. After all, it takes not much time to assemble a PDF from other PDFs. Also, large documents can be (are) a pain for any system at any end of the chain. So it is a good idea to split large documents into smaller documents. The reasons you give are all good for this and what is true for you is going to be true for others down the river. HTH Louis >Roger >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
