That is certainly an option. For now I'm creating a mock-up and have about 10-15 pages. I don't know if the performance is very much dependent on how many pages I've got. I had the impression that 2.3 pages was not much faster that 10-15, but must experiment some more to know for sure.
Markus On 10/24/06, Markus Kamp <mk_cactus at gmx.de> wrote: > > > Am 24.10.2006 um 10:13 schrieb Markus Baertschi: > > > > On 10/24/06, Thomas R. Koll <tomk32 at gmx.de> wrote: > >> It sounds hard, but get used to it (at least until the text engine is > >> finally recoded). A roundawork, split the document into three or four > >> parts. > >> I usually make 60+ pages and accept bad performance cause I don't > >> want to split it. > > > > That's what I think of doing. Essentially I'll be formatting a book > > for my mother, > > around 150 pages, 1-2 images per page, German and English text side- > > by-side > > (that's the reason I need 'parallel columns'). The book must be > > available in > > late spring (June) next year, so I'm early. But failure due to > > insufficient preparation > > is not an option :-). > > > If you're working on a book, it might be an option to split files > along chapters, assumed you start a new page after each chapter that > shouldn't add other difficulties and might bring some relief on the > performance.. > > just my 2 cts > > Markus > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Markus Baertschi Phone: ++41 (21) 807 1677 Bas du Ross? 16 Fax : ++41 (21) 807 1678 CH-1163, Etoy Email: markus at markus.org Switzerland Homepage: www.markus.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20061024/f13140ad/attachment-0001.html
