pamphlets in word processors

[Carl Lowenstein]

On 5/15/05, Stewart Stremler <bofh at stremler.net> wrote:
> begin  quoting Ralph Shumaker as of Wed, May 11, 2005 at 08:42:35PM -0700:
> > Is there a word processor that can pair up pages in the odd way
> > necessary to print a pamphlet?
> 
> Star Office 5.2 has a "brochure" option when printing. Perhaps that
> would help?
> 
> [snip]
> > The way I've had to do it (a 47 page pamphlet) is *very* inconvenient.
> 
> Indeed.

47 is a rather odd number.  Perhaps you can put a blank page at the end.

This is really a job for an imposition program separate from your word
processor.
First make the pages, then rearrange them.  You can 'print' to a
PostScript file and then use pxbook for the shuffling.  See the
man.page for psbook, a small excerpt is below.

DESCRIPTION
       Psbook rearranges pages from a PostScript document into ''signatures''
       for printing books or booklets, creating a new  PostScript  file.  The
       input  PostScript  file  should  follow the Adobe Document Structuring
       Conventions.

    carl
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    carl lowenstein         marine physical lab     u.c. san diego
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