On 8/1/2010 6:43 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > > On 08/01/2010 12:35 PM, Jim Ford wrote: >> To get the 'feel' of Scribus I decided to layout the centre pages of the >> children's illustrated book my wife has produced. Scribus is nice to use >> - much nicer for the purpose than Photoshop which I was previously >> using. >> >> I chose 'double sided layout' with the page dimension of a single page. >> Scribus just showed the one page, with no option to continue onto the >> facing page. I added a page and completed the layout, but when the >> document came to be printed, two separate pages were printed, rather >> than the two together which is what I wanted. >> >> I've had a trawl through the docs. and net, but can't find anything that >> helps me. What should I have done, please ? > > It's merely what double-sided layout means. I just means that the > pages are placed side-by-side. It's really for considering something > you might publish like a book, where you have right-side and left side > pages. If you print from your local computer they will come out as > individual pages, because that's what they are. > > The business of how these get physically printed on the paper for a > book is called imposition. If you're using some commercial printer, > they should be able to do this imposition for you and make sure the > content ends up where it needs to be. The Double-Sided layout just > allows you to see these side by side, so you can get the relationships > right. > > Greg
Hmm, 'imposition'. Someone else mentioned it - it's not a term that I've encountered before, but I now understand what it means. Looks like I've just cracked open the lid of the DTP 'can of worms' and am having a tiny peek at what's inside! Thanks for the reply. Jim
