On Thursday 06 August 2009 08:25:47 pm John Beardmore wrote: > Gregory Pittman wrote: > > On 08/06/2009 10:27 AM, Robert Marma wrote: > >> Thanks for the informative reports and answers to your other > >> subscribers. Even their questions are interesting and > >> thought-provoking, especially for a "newbie" like myself. > >> Last week I queried you about a pagination feature in Scribus > >> that I didn't notice (or perhaps overlooked). You apparently > >> sent me an .eml reply, but no answer, so I must assume that > >> you simply haven't gotten to my request yet. Anyway, at the > >> risk of being a pain, I'll repeat my last query: > >> > >> "I just subscribed to your mailing list and just installed > >> Scribus v1.3.3.13 on my Windows XP-based Compaq Presario 3000 > >> laptop, along with the recommended Ghost Script and the Adobe > >> Reader v 8.1.4 upgrade. I developed my own little sheet > >> pagination utility in (believe it or not) GWBASIC, but was > >> wondering if this latest stable Scribus release includes a > >> pagination feature. I did not notice it mentioned in any of > >> the tutorials I read, and right now I cannot afford to > >> purchase any of the current third party user manuals I have > >> seen advertised on line. If Scribus does not offer this > >> feature I would appreciate any assistance you can provide in > >> locating a free or low cost Srribus-compatible pagination > >> utility ..." > >> > >> If you haven't gotten to my query, I apologize for bothering > >> you with it again, but, since I plan to use Scribus to produce > >> a newsletter for a ministry [at least, initially], I'll really > >> need to use this feature. > > > > By pagination we mean numbering of pages. Not sure if that's > > what you mean... > > At risk of digressing / transgressing again, :), I thought > pagination was the process of dividing a continuous stream of > text into pages ? > > I guess in 'world of DTP', in practice, that would be text frames > rather than pages ? > > > Cheers, J/. Depends on the DTP :<).
I understand pagination to mean the placement of text etc. on pages and also the numbering of those pages. I sense that the OP meant imposition instead, the rearrangement of pages for printing. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
