Obviously, the easiest solution is to have someone with a Mac shrink the pages, after they or someone else (such as Olivier) has done some necessary pre-processing. Olivier or whoever can then do the rest of the publishing process.
I will write separately about pre-processing and the rest of the publishing process. The 6x9-inch covers are also an issue, which I will write about. Jean On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 10:50 Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Olivier and Docs Team, > > I have started writing up my process for creating printed books > through Lulu. Some steps may need to be modified if Olivier or someone > else takes this over who does not use a Mac. I will explain. > > I do the printed books in a 6x9-inch size, not the full A4 of the > PDFs. This is to save printing costs and thus the cost to purchasers. > Lulu requires a book file (PDF) to be provided in the selected page > size, so I have to create a suitable file. It is quick and easy to do > on a Mac: I use the Mac's built-in Preview app to "print" the original > A4 PDF to a PDF with a 6x9-inch page size. I do not know what the > equivalent method may be on Windows or Linux. I may have asked this > question here before, but I do not recall the answer (if any). > > Of course, someone else could avoid that step and produce the books > full-size (A4) and purchasers would have to pay the extra printing > cost (probably double) and postage cost. Thoughts? > > (There are some other issues to consider, which are unrelated to the > page size. I will mention them in separate notes.) > > Jean > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
