[Scribus] tri-fold brochure

[Franky]

Susan Hogarth wrote:
> I think I had the same problem. While my settings within scibus were correct (letter) my printer configuration was still set to A4. Perhaps you are having the same issue?
> 
> Susan Hogarth
> (sent from palm pilot)
> 
> Franky <liedekef at pandora.be> wrote:
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> 
>>BandiPat wrote:
>>
>>>Wesley T Allen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>    Does anyone know the proper way to set up a document for a tri-fold
>>>>brochure on US-Letter (8.5 x 11) paper?  Every time I try it doesn't
>>>>work out the way I expect.  Any help would be most appreciated!
>>>>
>>>>Wes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>Wes,
>>>
>>>How about giving us a bit more info.  What are you wanting to do, what 
>>>have you tried, what results are you needing, etc.  It should be doable, 
>>>but before we start throwing out suggestions, knowing a few more details 
>>>would be helpful.
>>
>>Well, I think he wants to create a page which can be folded in 3 equal 
>>parts (like invoices you get, those in long small envelopes).
>>I tried this also, and also experienced weird results:
>>
>>- printing directly from scribus scews too much to one side (landscape, 
>>scewed to the right), while I have other documents (eg. from openoffice) 
>>printing out just fine. The page on itself looks just fine though
>>
>>- creating a pdf from my nicely-divided-in-3-equal-parts page results in 
>>a pdf that scews too much to the other side, cutting off on the left (or 
>>the right, can't remember)
>>
>>==> this is not WYSIWYG behaviour. Maybe has something to do with the 
>>landscape setting?
>>
>

nope, my settings were in both cases A4.

Franky