[libreoffice-users] Re: Printing "Brochure" with Writer -- margins

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for the suggestions, but I think you are talking about something 
else. I am trying to see if there is a way to "tweak" a Writer document 
where it is possible to choose the "brochure" option in the "Print" 
section and make better use of the blank spaces at the top/bottom 
margins of the booklet.

The "brochure" option prints a Writer doc automatically in booklet form 
and figures out the pagination automatically -- so, a user can easily 
print out "booklets" by doing practically no setup at all ... no styling 
needed.

As far as I can tell, even if I change the body length ... for example 
set the 8.5X11 inch page to a top and bottom margin of "0.00 inches" ... 
the brochure (booklet) will still be printed with the same top/bottom 
gaps of spaces at the top/bottom of the booklet.

It would be very useful, if there were a way to make use of the white 
space through the initial Writer document before going to the 
"Print->Brochure" option. This would allow ALL Writer users to print out 
brochure-booklets without any prepping of styles.

Marc

Le 2014-09-19 15:26, Kevin O'Brien a écrit :
> Marc, this is the sort of thing that is controlled by Page Styles, and
> Styles all reside inside of Templates. My recommendation would be to create
> a Template for your brochure. Then set up the Page Style inside the
> Template to have the kind of margin you want, save the Template with that
> setting, and then use the Template each time you want to create another one.
>
> I know that can sound a bit complicated, but I have a number of tutorials
> on my site at http://www.ahuka.com that address all of these issue. I even
> did a sample brochure there, though mine was a tri-fold, which by the sound
> of it is not what you are looking for, but it may give you ideas.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> wrote:
>
> > Just a question re: printing a document in "brochure layout" found in the
> > "Print" menu (tab-> "Page Layout").
> >
> > I am just trying to make the routine of publishing music concert programs
> > as easy for new office staff as possible (I am director for an early music
> > group). One way to print the concert programs in booklet format is to have
> > the office staff type up the concert program in Writer and at the point of
> > printing, choose the "brochure layout" option in the Printer window tab
> > "Page Layout". This method works perfectly and allows for any new person to
> > the music office to just step in and print concert programs in very few
> > steps that require practically no brochure layout knowledge -- extremely
> > user friendly to use.
> >
> > My question is, when the printed brochure comes out, there is a lot of
> > wasted space at the top and bottom of the brochure pages. Is there a way to
> > make use of this space? ... For example, have the printed words start
> > higher up the page and also down the page?
> >
> > I know that one could use Draw to make a brochure, but IMO, if the
> > "brochure layout" option were tweaked enough to take advantage of the free
> > space at the top/bottom of brochure pages, it would become an even more
> > useful tool for occasions when brochure printing is called from a Writer
> > document.
> >
> > Is this something that could be suggested as a bug or put on a wishlist?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> >
> >
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