At 17:52 08/03/2010 +0000, Maurice Batey wrote:
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:35:19 +0200, Lars Nooden wrote:
You've probably missed the brochure tutorial:
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2008/03/printing-two-si.html
I downloaded and tried the 'brochurewithframes.odt' template from
that site, but couldn't see how it worked. Using OO Wrote 3.1.1.1, it showed:
"2nd page" "Last page" "First page" at the tops of three
columns, with "2nd Page" above the left-hand frame, ...
That's not quite what I see. Instead, I see two pages, each with
three columns, and enough text in them to show that the columns on
the first page are columns 2, 3, and 4, and those on the second page
columns 5, 6, and 1.
... and cursor intialised at the top of the 'First Page' column.
Exactly. And the columns are not actually columns but frames - and
linked frames, in fact, linked in the order I describe. If you click
on any of the frame edges, so as to show the eight green handles, you
will also see dotted lines showing how that frame is linked to others
before and after.
Start entering text at what looks like the last column (labelled
"First Page"), and it will flow naturally to the other columns in the
appropriate order. Print the document double-sided on a single sheet
of paper and fold it into three. The six pages of text will then
fall into the places in which you would expect them. The first page
as shown is the inside and the second page the outside. (What you get
I should call a "leaflet", though, rather than a "booklet".)
Two warnings:
o This document is not actually a template in the sense that office
suites (including OpenOffice) use that term. Instead it is just a
text document, so you will want to save a copy before entering text
and keep the original for further use.
(Retired in Surrey, UK)
o The author designed this for the uniquely USian "Letter" page
size. Since you live in the standard world, you will want to adjust
the page size to A4 and also the frame sizes to fit before you use
the document.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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