(maybe for a future release it would be good to have a merge to pdf option: have a list of sla-files that are batch-processed to pdf, avoiding this kind of redundancies and maybe having an overall preflight mode?)
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:45 PM, john Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com>wrote: > I am trying my first real book interior in > Scribus, and the page count will exceed 128. > There will be text plus lots of black and white > illos. I will use 1.5.0. > > So what is the preferred workflow: > 1. Type each chapter externally and import as text > into a set of linked pages. Then export the > chapter as pdf. > 2. Type each chapter using story editor. Then > export the chapter as pdf. > 3. Type the whole book in one document. > > I am concerned about two things: speed/ease of > production and size of the ultimate pdf. It seems > to me that if I merge chapters using pdftk > then there will be a lot of repetition in the pdf > of fonts etc. > > My background is TeX, both pdftex and Context > MK!V. > > -- > John Culleton > Wexford Press > Free list of books for self-publishers: > http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html > PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" > available at > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -- Joop Kiefte BM <https://bitmessage.org>: BM-2cU7makjmuWMHXdjufjBqcSNLzyznTyk8E (web<https://bitmsg.me> ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20140218/986a1fb7/attachment.html>
