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

Marc Paré wrote:
> 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.

I think the problem is that the proportions of an 8.5x11" page are 
different from the proportions of half a page (which is 5.5x8.5"), so a 
simple scaling doesn't work. When content created at 8.5x11" is scaled 
to fit on half a page, the 8.5" side become 5.5", while the 11" side is 
scaled by the same proportion to 7.1" - less than the 8.5" height which 
is actually available.

Try creating the content with the page size set to 5.5x8.5" (or 
8.5x13.1" if that makes it easier to adapt the existing content), then 
print that as a brochure on 8.5x11" paper.

(Doesn't help you much using US paper sizes, but for those using the 
European "A" sizes - A4, A5, etc. - this isn't so much of a problem; 
those sizes are designed so that the proportions remain the same when a 
page is cut in half)

Mark.

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