[scribus] Printing parts of a larger document on A4

[Gregory Pittman]

On 07/08/2013 04:48 PM, Flem wrote:
> 08/07/2013 22:05, Rolf wrote :
>> 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?
>
>
>> 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.
>
The thing to keep in mind is that the 3-fold is just a display option in 
Scribus, so that you can see the 3 pages side by side. So 3-fold A4 will 
be 3 A4 pages side by side. When you print out a 3-fold document, it 
will still print as individual A4 pages.

Greg
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