On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:25:58 -0700 (PDT) Murray Strome <wmstrome at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This has probably been answered many times before, but I am very new > to Scribus, and have never used other publishing tools (e.g. MS > Publisher). > > I am told by Publisher users that it is very easy to create a > multi-page booklet of the form with pages half the size of letter > paper (8.5X11 in), with text flowing smoothly from one "page" to the > next, presumably adding pages as you go. The result is a document > which, when printed double-sided will result in pages that you just > fold in the middle and staple or stitch. > > I could not see how to do this in Scribus (in Publisher, someone > showed me that there is an option to select "booklet" as the type of > document).? I tried looking through the documentation and the > Archives, but could not find anything that appeared appropriate. > > I have found GREAT instructions to create a booklet from a PDF file > for a document that is 8.5X11 Portrait (under LINUX), which works > very well for me but I am not sure that it would be suitable for an > office secretary using MS Windows: > http://twopoint718.blogspot.com/2008/05/make-book.html > > I tried following the Tutorial, but found it rather complicated and > did not really address this issue, as far as I could tell. Depending on your final needs, you might be better off using Open Office. Search OOs help for "booklet printing" Scribus can be a bit of an overkill, a case of the right tool for the right job! -- Owen
