[Scribus] 3-fold page

[Craig Bradney]

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 21:00, Tino Schwarze wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 07:36:39PM +0000, Calum Polwart wrote:
> > > How is the 3-fold page suppose to work? I create a new document and all
> > > it does is produce a new page, with margin lines or 3 even sized pages.
> > > What am I doing wrong.
> >
> > It controls how 'pages' are layed out when you add extra pages.
> >
> > So if you want a standard 3 fold, A4 leaflet you would choose:
> >
> > 3 Fold
> > Page Size ? 99mm x 21mm (1/3rd A4)
> > And insert 6 pages.
> >
> > This will give you the layout BUT note when you export it to PDF you'll
> > get 6 seperate pages - you need to then use some manipulation software
> > to impose the 3 pages (multivalent or look on the scribus site for info
> > about booklet printing its the same concept)
>
> Because rearranging PDFs is annoying, I usually start the layout for my
> 3-page leaflets on A4 landscape (plus cut margins). It's actually easier
> and less error-prone (and I don't get any benefit from telling scribus
> that it's actually 3 pages). Apart from that you need to take into
> account that one of the pages needs to be a bit narrower for winded
> folds (German Wickelfalz).

You can easily change the middle page's size as required.

Craig
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