[scribus] the continuing saga of transferring from 8 1/2 by 11 to 17 by 11

[Alison Saylor]

Wonderful, thank you!  How do I select just the items on one page?
And where do I find this scrapbook?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> Alison Saylor wrote:
>>
>> Hey All!  Thank you so much for all the responses to my last inquiry.
>> Helped me realise that I'll need a new printer for the next round.
>> Meanwhile, for this one, trying to take my pages from the 8 1/2 by 11
>> to the 11 by 17.  Moving the text boxes one at a time was going to be
>> too time consuming and they changed dimensions when I copied them onto
>> the new document.  I can't see futsing with each one again, esp. since
>> I have a repetitive motion injury at this point from all the work.
>> Tried doing 'control A' and moved all the pages at once.  Of course
>> then they didn't line up with the new pages and the text boxes changed
>> shape.  Even some of the text formatting changed.  ARGH!!!  Any ideas?
>>  Also, is there a way to get the page margin markers to show up in the
>> middle of the 17 by 11 page?  Thank you!
>>
>
> I would suggest grouping the items on each page (select them all, then Item
>> Group), then sending to the Scrapbook (Context menu > Send to Scrapbook).
> Then make a new doc with the new dimensions and bring each page's worth of
> material in. Shouldn't be too hard.
>
> Greg
>
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