[scribus] Using Scribus for a newsletter

[Joe Ward]

    Thanks, Frank. This is the way I was thinking of proceeding. But I don't 
understand how I link the pages together to make one publication. I do have 
the four possible page types saved as templates and as regular pages. The 
front page, the back page (which has mailing formation on it), and an inside 
left, and an inside right. each has appropriate guides for the content it 
will have, and the newsletter name and a place for the issue information 
across the top. At the moment, I'm just  putting content on the pages, and 
saving each page as a file. This will work. It will be easy to number the 
pages. A lot of the content is ads that won't change from issue to issue, so 
my plan is to save each issue as a template, and they open it for the new 
newsletter and change those few ads that need changing, or move them around 
to create better text space.

    Incidentally, your magazine looks good. My dad used to drive Hudsons 
when I was a kid. He had a 49, a 51, and a 52. Later, he had a little red 
Rambler American. When I was in the Air Force in the '60s, I bought a 1955 
Hudson Hornet Hollywood in San Antonio. It  had translucent green visors, so 
it looked like it had on sun glasses. Later I owned a '70 Hornet. That 
experience was different.
                                                                        -Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Swygert" <farna at att.net>
To: <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [scribus] Using Scribus for a newsletter


> Joe, I'm not using Scribus yet, but I think I can help with Master Pages. 
> The elements on a MP can only be those that will be used for the entire 
> publication, not just a few pages. For example, I put the magazine title 
> and page number on the bottom of every page, so my DTP program (I'm using 
> PageMaker 6) will automatically put that on every page. If I don't want 
> the front and back covers to be counted as pages, I have to make a 
> separate file for the covers.
> What I do is create the first magazine from scratch with the average 
> number of pages. I create the masthead and things that won't be changing, 
> and create master pages (PM has a left and right MP... haven't had time to 
> play with Scribus enough to know if it does that -- if not try putting the 
> page number centered in the page instead of near the edge). I then save it 
> with the edition number in the title (such as AMC8.pm6). I will then fill 
> out that magazine and of course print it. When I start working on the next 
> issue, I open the last one first. Then I change the edition info, delete 
> anything that won't be repeated (I usually leave headlines and photo 
> captions in place so I can simply move and edit them, keeps the text 
> properties that way!), and save it with the next edition name. Then I work 
> on that one and repeat. This lets me do a quick review of the last issue 
> as well as serves as a template. Just remember to save the last issue as a 
> new file before you do much! I have hit the "save" button before changing 
> the file, but only 2-3 times over the last 10 years of publishing. Since I 
> save as a PDF file as well as a PM native file, losing the native file 
> just means I can't easily edit or change anything -- not a big loss since 
> the issue has already been published and shouldn't be changed anyway.
>
> -------------
> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:07:53 -0400
> From: "Joe Ward" <bluegrass_joe at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Using Scribus for a newsletter
>
>    I still have this problem with master pages, even going through the new 
> tutorial (having spent some hours with the earlier version) and reading 
> what else I can find.
>
> -- 
> Frank Swygert
> Publisher, "American Motors Cars" Magazine (AMC)
> For all AMC enthusiasts
> http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html
> (free download available!)
>
>
>
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