John, What I'm trying to understand is the issue where, as you write, "When you apply a master page..."
As I understand it, a Master page has to be created. Nowhere does it say, that I can find, that Master pages are particular for a specific document. Yet, this is what seems to happen: I can create a Master page based upon some page formatting, for instance, but when I open another document and try to "apply" that Master page to another document, even though I've created it, it doesn't appear in the list of Master Pages. Only when I open the other document, does the Master Page I created re-appear. So, what I'm trying to find out is this how Master Pages are supposed to function: Are they are specific for each separate document, or am I experiencing some kind of Windows version bug? Barry On 10/9/2012 7:03 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:46:13 -0700 > Barry McKenna <bmcken at pobox.com> dijo: > >> The differences between a Template and a Master Page? > > Think of a template as a whole document that you need to repeat > periodically, but with new content. I have long felt that templates are > really unnecessary. A long time ago I wrote a newsletter that had many > items that were the same from issue to issue. As I started each new > issue I just opened the previous issue, saved under a new filename, > deleted the changeable content, and proceeded to add the new content. I > could have used a template, but it would have ended up being the same. > > A master page creates a background for document page(s) in a given file. > When you apply a master page to a document page all the elements on the > master page automatically appear on the document page. Master pages are > handy for sections, chapters, and other material where you want items > on a series of pages, but not on all pages in the file. I often use > master pages for chapters, where I want to change the text on the > header for each chapter. > > I don't know if that helped. > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net >
