[scribus] A5 news sheet?

[Margaret and George McIntosh]

On 30 Oct 2011 at 10:46, john Culleton wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:07:07 +0100
> Peter Nermander <peter at nermander.se> wrote:
> 
> > > A5 side-by-side on a landscape A4.  The only way I have found to
> do
> > > this, is to export as pdf and then import into an old version
> of
> > > Indesign.
> > 
> > > Anyone know how I can complete the task in Scribus?
> > 
> > Not in Scribus, but with for example Multivalent.
> > 
> > java -cp c:\program\multivalent\multivalent.jar tool.pdf.Impose
> -dim
> > 2x1 -layout 1,1 -paper "297x210 mm" -verbose %1.pdf
> > 
> > Just tested with a dummy A5 page (just one frame of Lorem ipsum)
> > exported to PDF from Scribus.
> > 
> > /Peter
> > 
> 
> 
> I find the PSUtils package handy for imposition work. For some years
> I
> imposed 8.5 x 11 hymns on 11 x 17 to make a saddle stitched booklet
> for
> use in my church choir.  I will repost my script if there is
> interest. 
> 
> It helps to mention the OS you are using, and the version of
> Scribus.
> 
> -- 
> John Culleton
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> 
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> 
I don't know much about this but it seems to me you could do the whole thing on an 
A4 sheet in landscape format.

George