Ole Madsen wrote: > Here is the problem, I have: I produce a small newsletter, 12 pages. I need > the final product in two formats: A pdf file where all 12 pages appear in > sequence. This is for e-mailing to some of our members. > > Other members want a paper copy, and for this I prepare a file for the > commercial printer. Pages 12 and 1 one sheet, pages 2 and 11 on another > sheet and so forth. > > With Scribus 1.3.3.13 I could do this by some cutting and pasting, but with > 1.3.5svn the cutting and pasting process is not working properly. (The style > selctions are left behind). > > Is there an easier way of doing this? Help and suggestions much appreciated, > I am quite new at desktop publishing.
I do this every month for a newsletter I publish. After preparing the document in Scribus, I export to PDF for those that wish to have a digital copy. Then I use Multivalent [1] to do the imposition. Here is an example of my one-line imposition command for my 8 page newsletter: java -cp ../Multivalent20060102.jar tool.pdf.Impose -verbose -dim 2x1 -page 8,1,2,7,6,3,4,5 -paper 17x11in Newsletter.pdf I'm working with US paper sizes...change as appropriate. Nick [1]: http://multivalent.sourceforge.net/
