That is what I do in Illustrator I saw the "folds" bit - which seemed to automatically lay out the columns for me - and I simply thought
"Owww - that would be blinkin' handy . . . " Oh well > > On 20 April 2017 at 00:42 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > > > On 04/19/2017 06:21 PM, STEVEN WALKER wrote: > > I have been experimenting with Scribus 1.4.5 to learn about it. > > > > I create a lot of custom page sized leaflets; usually in Adobe > > Illustrator and > > InDesign. > > > > These are "quick start guides" often with 5 and 6 folds across the > > sheet. > > > > I don't like where Adobe are going with their business model and I > > suspect > > Windows are about to go the same way. > > > > So I want to look at the options. > > > > The Scribus default new page gives options for 1 - 4 folds. > > > > Is there any way of either adding options for 5 and 6 folds. > > > > Or is it possible to edit this default set up so I can create as many > > folds as I > > like ? > > > > > > I think what some have discovered is that this business of setting up > folds isn't really necessary. Realistically, you are creating single > pages that are going to be used by folding them into a number of > divisions. > > What you can do as an alternative is to create a custom page to whatever > dimensions are needed for the number of folds. Then use vertical guides > to mark where those folds will be. > > For an example of how this works out in the process check the > flossmanual book on Scribus: > http://write.flossmanuals.net/scribus/introduction/ > > This was originally written in French, and later I translated to > English. Look at the chapter "Hands On" to see how this works. > > Greg > > ___ > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20170420/18ab3356/attachment.html>
