[scribus] Number of folds in new documents

[STEVEN WALKER]

That is what I do in Illustrator

I saw the "folds" bit - which seemed to automatically lay out the columns for me
- and I simply thought

"Owww - that would be blinkin' handy . . . "

Oh well

> 
>     On 20 April 2017 at 00:42 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>     On 04/19/2017 06:21 PM, STEVEN WALKER wrote:
>     > I have been experimenting with Scribus 1.4.5 to learn about it.
>     >
>     > I create a lot of custom page sized leaflets; usually in Adobe
>     > Illustrator and
>     > InDesign.
>     >
>     > These are "quick start guides" often with 5 and 6 folds across the
>     > sheet.
>     >
>     > I don't like where Adobe are going with their business model and I
>     > suspect
>     > Windows are about to go the same way.
>     >
>     > So I want to look at the options.
>     >
>     > The Scribus default new page gives options for 1 - 4 folds.
>     >
>     > Is there any way of either adding options for 5 and 6 folds.
>     >
>     > Or is it possible to edit this default set up so I can create as many
>     > folds as I
>     > like ?
>     >
>     >
> 
>     I think what some have discovered is that this business of setting up
>     folds isn't really necessary. Realistically, you are creating single
>     pages that are going to be used by folding them into a number of
> divisions.
> 
>     What you can do as an alternative is to create a custom page to whatever
>     dimensions are needed for the number of folds. Then use vertical guides
>     to mark where those folds will be.
> 
>     For an example of how this works out in the process check the
>     flossmanual book on Scribus:
>     http://write.flossmanuals.net/scribus/introduction/
> 
>     This was originally written in French, and later I translated to
>     English. Look at the chapter "Hands On" to see how this works.
> 
>     Greg
> 
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