[scribus] Printing parts of a larger document on A4

[Owen]

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> Am 08.07.2013 22:48, schrieb Flem:
>> 08/07/2013 22:05, Rolf wrote :
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>>> do you mean "open a new 3-fold document" in Scribus? This
>>> would mean having two pages with another size than the third
>>> page: due to the third page being wrapped into the other
>>> two, it must be slightly more narrow, and so would the one
>>> printed on its back.
>>
>> If you run Scribus, you get into a dialog box named "New
>> Document".
>> In that dialog, the third choice in the area called
>> "Document Layout" is "3-Fold".
>>
>> As you can see on its icon, the third page is not wrapped
>> into the other two: it is what we call in France a "pli
>> accordéon" ("accordion fold" if you translate it straight).
>> In that kind of folding, the 3 folds are of the exact same size.
>> So this is exactly what you need, doesn't it?
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> No, what I need is the one folded into the others, NOT the zig-zag one
> like /\/ but... don't know how to ASCII-draw that... :-)
>
> So the pages are NOT equally wide but 210 210 208 and 208 208 210 mm
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>>>
>>> This would include having 6 single pages and 4 with
>>> different sizes in one document. Is this possible in
>>> Scribus, and would it make sense? Do the pros practice it
>>> like this?
>>
>> Depends on the type of fold...  :)
>> It's true for what we call here a "portfolio fold". Sorry
>> for I don't know the exact translation in English.
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Sorry about being late into this thread, but why not set it out on say
A1. You will probably get a few posters in one hit.

Admittedly it depends on your printer, but most "office" type of print
 shops offer that size printing, at least in Australia.


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Owen