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

Thanks! Exactly what I needed.

I have redone my booklets as 5.5x8.5 as you suggested and tweaked the 
margins. When I go to print, I still choose the "Brochure" option and 
this prints out a nice booklet where I am in control of the margins. Nice!

Cheers,

Marc

Le 2014-09-20 09:13, Mark Bourne a écrit :
> 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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