Dear Craig, Thank you very much for answering the question. Much appreciated
(Incidentally the sheet is very wide; it is 230mm x 640mm; cut out of an SRA2 sheet - I didn't dare mention any of that; these othe guys would not have had a clue what I was talking about. They can't be graphic designers if they are confused about "folds" for pity's sake?!) These are "quick start" guides I do for one particular client. I am packing a batch of 750 right now; they have had over 3000 of this design over the past couple of years and I have done about a dozen different designs for them. Many of them are 5 fold but the client seems to be settling to the 6 fold design. The client likes them because the product range has a common enclosures; these pack into a common cardboard package; and our leaflet drops in the top of the box. It's the basics of connection; calibration; and typical operation. But it is a fair bit of text; even in 9pt. . . . . in the end it isn't a deal breaker. I do a similar manual pagination . . . oops - sorry; graphic designer speak . . . I paste the text blocks down by hand and line them up using the rulers; in Illustrator. The "folds" were not the point; it was the automatic positioning of the text boxes that I was interested in; and that - it appeared - was driven off the folds. If you know how to do that; please say so. It isn't a deal breaker. This really comes down to . . . I get the giddies when I see what is coming down the track with Windows 10 I think it is seriously time to get learning Linux and I need something else to use besides my Adobe software. That is why I am here. I want to be able to "own" my stuff. Not end up being blackmailed by Microsoft every month; simply to be able to get at my stuff. I always said I would "buy Windows but I would never buy Microsoft applications" - because Microsoft did not understand graphics. They tested their software with a couple of sheets of US sized Letterhead paper - and that was it. I build big bits of artwork; I have built Gb sized files. I have bust Windows capacity to print them on more than one occassion. That is why I use Adobe; it can cope. But I have to be blunt; is this a "serious" bit of design software . . . is it only being tested and designed by people who are confused by the term "fold" - yet alone by anyone wanting more than four folds ?? Is this another bit of software that can cope with a couple of sheets of US sized Letter head paper; but fails to print the bottom third of the sheet if it is any bigger ?? They didn't even understand what "fold" means ?? . . . oh boy . . . Anyway; thank you. Good night. Steven > > On 21 April 2017 at 23:55 Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info> wrote: > > > > > On 22 Apr 2017, at 00:44, STEVEN WALKER <steven.dfirst at virgin.net> > > wrote: > > > > Please; > > > > Does any one know if it is possible to edit this value to create more > > folds than > > the 4 offered in the default format. > > > > If not; thank you very much gentlemen; good night; we're done. > > > > Steven > > > > > > > > > > Its not. We never programmed more than 4. We?ve disabled that code and > what remains would not support more than 4 in any case. > > The right answer is to use guides as suggested with a very wide page. > > Craig > ___ > 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/20170422/a906b241/attachment.html>
