I'll preface this with stating that I am very new to desktop publishing in general and Scribus in particular.
***The Project: I'm working on creating a 8.5x11 sheet with multiple copies of the same card similar to a sheet of shipping labels. Each card would have three fields two of which would be the same for each card on a sheet, the third would either be left blank or contain participants names. ***What I've done so far: A sample layout for the card was available to me in PDF form so I imported the page, deleted all objects I didn't need and added different various objects and layers to the best of my abilities. The result is here: http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2747/reportcardpage1.png. "Organization Name" and the date are in their own layers to make printing blank cards easier. Also, those two objects are the only text objects. The rest of the text was imported as multiple polylines from the PDF. ***My questions * The card looks great when displayed in Scribus. How do I improve the resolution when I export? I get the same result when exporting to SVG as PNG. * Is there a way I can manipulate the whole card as an object maintaining the layers? I need to be able to duplicate it multiple times across a sheet. * Once I have multiple copies on the sheet, Is there a way I can change the Organization/Date on all copies in one operation? * Similarly, can I bring names in and have them filled in like one would in a mail merge? Thank-you for your help. --Dave
