[Scribus] Layout issues ...

[Craig Bradney]

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 22:12, Chris Bergstresser wrote:
> On 10/24/06, Bill Harris <bill_harris at facilitatedsystems.com> wrote:
> > >    First, I was thinking I could create a bunch of individual Scribus
> > > documents, each consisting of a single index card.  But I wasn't sure
> > > there would be an easy way to combine all these individual documents
> > > into a single one for printing.  That is, once I have 300+ files, I
> > > would need to combine them into larger aggregates (4 to a sheet for
> > > 8.5x11 paper, more for a poster).  I could just create a 6x10 document
> > > with four of them on it, but then I couldn't easily change it for
> > > larger sizes.  Is there a better way of doing this?
> >
> > While I don't know if it would meet your needs, I usually use pdftk
> > (http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/)
>
>     It doesn't look like pdftk allows you to combine separate pdf
> documents into a single larger page size.  That is, I need to take
> something like this:
>
> doc1:  Af_|_Ab
> doc2:  Bf_|_Bb
> doc3:  Cf_|_Cb
>
> ... and create a single document like this:
>
> doc1:  AfBf_|_BbAb
>           Cf___|___Cb
>
> > or perhaps the LaTeX pdfpages.sty when
> > I have to merge PDF documents together.
>
> Yeah, but if I have to do it in LaTeX, I could just layout the whole
> document in LaTeX.  I was hoping to avoid doing that.
>
> -- Chris

A simpler solution might just be group and then multiple duplicate?

Craig