[libreoffice-l10n] [Solved] Re: [HOW] impagination like a BOOK?

Hi :)
I think Manuel has solved the problem using Brian's advice.  


Many thanks, apols and regards from 
Tom :)  





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 From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "manuel_songokuh@yahoo.it" <manuel_songokuh@yahoo.it>; "users@global.libreoffice.org" 
<users@global.libreoffice.org>; L10n@global.libreoffice.org 
Cc: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 12:54
Subject: [HOW] impagination like a BOOK?
 


Hi :)
Please could someone on the Italian Users Mailing List (or equivalent) please pass this question on 
to them so that Manuel can ask the questions in his own language.  I am only guessing he is Italian 
from his email address ".it".  


Manuel;
You can create a Pdf directly from Draw.  You can probably print Pdf by just double-click on the 
file to open it and then choose 
File - Print
You don't need "freeware virtual pdf printer" and freeware is unlikely to work in openSuSE anyway.  
To create a Pdf from Draw just use 
File - "Export to Pdf"

Even easier is to ignore Pdf and just print directly from Draw.  In Draw it is just 
File - Print


A brochure is usually an A4 page on it's side (landscape mode rather than portrait) and then either 
folded in half or into 3. 
 When folded into 3 it's often called a "gate-fold leaflet".  When folded in 2 a single A4 page 
becomes A5 but now has 4 sides (front, back and 2 in the middle).  

To do either properly is best done using a template or careful layout.  I did an imperfect one just 
using 
Format - Columns
So that the A4 page had 2 columns, one for each side.  First column being the back page, 2nd being 
the front and on the next A4 page it was page 2 and then page 3.  So it all flowed neatly from the 
first page, except the final page which i had to cut&paste from the end to put it before page 1.  
That was  "good enough" at the time but many people have much better and often easier ways.    

Good luck and regards from 
Tom :)  




________________________________
 From: "manuel_songokuh@yahoo.it" <manuel_songokuh@yahoo.it>
To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
Cc: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 8:31
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [HOW] impagination like a BOOK?
 

hello

my document is libreoffice DRAW, this can does "brochure"? my size A4 to brochure (from tools or 
from print dialogue) right?

i'm curiosity what is freeware virtual pdf printer? my distro OPENSUSE 12.3 with KDE 4.10, let me 
know as soon because today i need
 to print ufficial but before i need try to virtual pdf ok?



________________________________
Da: Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com>
A: users@global.libreoffice.org 
Inviato: Martedì 17 Settembre 2013 15:12
Oggetto: Re: [libreoffice-users] [HOW] impagination like a BOOK?


At 13:40 17/09/2013 +0100, Manuel Songokuh wrote:
> I'm hard to explain here words but i show you link: 
> http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/74-ubuntu/248-ubuntu-imposition-print-book 
> there is feature for libreoffice?

Yes: LibreOffice does this very efficiently.  It's weird that this 
web page suggests an exceedingly
 complicated way of doing what 
LibreOffice does natively!

> if YES then how do for libreoffice?

That's exactly the "brochure" facility that I described in response 
to your previous enquiry.

To print an A5 booklet on (folded) A4 paper:
o Set your page format in LibreOffice Writer to A5 and Portrait - so 
it is the actual format that you want in the finished document.
o Set your printer's settings to A4 and Landscape - as the printing 
will actually be.
o Either:
Tick Tools | Options... | LibreOffice Writer | Print | Pages | Brochure
Or (on the fly):
In the Print dialogue, tick Options... | Pages | Brochure.

As before, if possible install a (freeware?) virtual PDF printer, so 
that you can experiment with the technique without wasting paper.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker


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