>That is why its always better to call it "Master Document" instead of a >template. I still remember that I was as confused as Noel when I tried >to do the same thing in version 1.2.3. > >For now, think of the template pages as a background instead. Put >whatever is common on a few pages on a master document and apply it to >those pages. > >HTH.
Ok, so I'm not exactly sure how to create a "master document." I am trying to layout a short book that has a few chapters. I don't mind creating the toc by hand, but I'd like to have the pages to have a header which will contain the chapter title on one side and book title on the other, as well as the page number. Now, the page numbering isn't so much a problem, but I'm still not sure how to set scribus to layout the text boxes for a right and left page. so far, I have to do it one page at a time... every time I insert a page, I am asked which template to use, and then I still have to make each individual text box (one for the header, and one for the text body, rather tedious). I'm currently using scribus 1.2.X I also see that on this list there are some authors getting their books published, so I'm quite sure there's some way to do this.
