Thanks Bruce, pdftk enabled me to easily do exactly what I want.
Thanks SteveT On Thursday 23 March 2006 09:20 pm, Bruce Muirhead wrote: > You also can use pdftk. It is a command line utility, but very powerfula > and easy to use. What is needed is to create the cover and extra pages in a > separate programme as a pdf, and then joing th e two pdf files using pdftk. > > see http://www.accesspdf.com/index.php?topic=pdftk > > It is my preferred tool for that type of thing because it is easy and lets > me design the cover and frontispiece however I want. > > > > Cheers > > > > Bruce > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jose' Matos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <lyx-users@lists.lyx.org> > Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: Book cover in LyX file > > On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:03, Steve Litt wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm making my first Ebook, and want to have the front cover be part of > > the final PDF file. That means it, and a following blank page, has to > > come before the title page. > > > > I'd like the cover page to be a graphic. How do I do this? > > pdfpages? > http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/pdfpages.html > > I remember this advice from Herbert's previous answers to similar > questions. > Notice that I could remember wrong. :-) > http://tug.org/PSTricks/main.cgi?file=pdf/pdf#a5 > > > Thanks > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > Author: > > * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware > > * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist > > * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist > > Webmaster > > * Troubleshooters.Com > > * http://www.troubleshooters.com > > -- > José Abílio
