<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:43 AM, Jean-Luc Waber <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeanlucwaber@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeanlucwaber@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi John<br>
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I may be misunderstanding the problem you have, but my method is create a<br>
left master page and a right master page for my magazine. One could name<br>
them even master page and odd master page to be a bit more clear, I<br>
suppose. I do not have any differing vertical elements on my pages that I<br>
want the master pages to define. Having only the footer defined on my<br>
master pages makes the process simple.<br>
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When I do the magazine layout, I simply apply either master page to the<br>
series of pages in my 64 page magazine. When adding a new page in the<br>
middle of the series, I simply apply either master page so the footer will<br>
show on the new page. It does not matter which master page I apply, in my<br>
case, since I only employ a horizontal footer on the master pages.<br>
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After I have all the page layout done, I use the apply master page menu<br>
option and apply the right master page (could be the odd master page) to<br>
all odd pages. Then I apply the left master page (or even master page if<br>
you prefer) to the left pages. This is one of the last things I do before<br>
sending the file off to the printer.<br>
I use a footer on the right or odd pages that is numbered and is differs<br>
from the footer I use on the left or even pages. Since the footer is part<br>
of my master page layout, it gets applied to each page properly by Scribus<br>
and the pages are numbered for me automatically. Then the only things I<br>
have to do manually is re-number the table of contents and re-number the<br>
advertisers index based on the now perfect page numbers. I also continue<br>
articles to another frame for layout purposes, so I have to edit my<br>
"Continued on page ?" lines placed at the jump points if the issue has them.<br>
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Sometimes, I do use the normal master page but not in a printer ready<br>
file. It contains a dummy footer to be used as a place holder so my page<br>
layout will not cover the footer area as I compose each page.<br>
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If it will help, I'll be happy to supply the file I start with in<br>
developing a new issue. However, I have an issue due at the printer in 12<br>
days, so that might take a back seat, as I generally used the last issue<br>
and delete the dated stuff before entering the new content. But the start<br>
up file was my first attempt at a beginning point. I soon learned it was<br>
more trouble than it was worth and began using the process I just<br>
described. But the start up file does demonstrate the master page scheme.<br>
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John Ghormley KJ4UFG<br></div></div>
Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal*<br>
Walkertown, NC USA<br>
<a href="mailto:editor@sera.org" target="_blank">editor@sera.org</a><br>
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If I understand you correctly, your left and right pages have the same left and right margins. But if you prepare a book you will need a bigger margin in the center to allow for binding and this shifts all the frames to the left on left pages and to the right on right pages. By inserting a page, even by applying left and right master pages, all frames on the following pages stay where they were before.<br>
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Now Greg's script is very cool and solves the problem now, but for future versions of scribus i would like what a.l.e proposed, that is being able to add this margins after finishing the document, before producing the PDF.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Jean-Luc</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Interesting difference, Jean. I can understand the need, due to binding, of the varying margins page to page. Since I have never experimented with differing margins, are you telling me that applying master pages cannot change the margin set on a page? That would seem like a big shortcoming of master pages and except for pages where the entire page was consumed by a graphic, for instance, should compensate by making margin changes appropriately for left and right pages. If Scribus works that way, I am surprised.<br>
<br>Thanks for the tip.<br><br clear="all">John Ghormley KJ4UFG<br>Editor, SERA <i>Repeater Journal</i><br>Walkertown, NC USA<br><a href="mailto:editor@sera.org" target="_blank">editor@sera.org</a> <br></div></div>