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By adjusting the coloums you should be able to use landscape A4 to make A5 books ..., of course, you would have to be careful with page numebering<BR><BR>Ingvild <BR><BR><BR><BR>> From: signwriting@mac.com<BR>> To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<BR>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] DocumentMaker<BR>> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:09:38 -0800<BR>> CC: maria.azzopardi@um.edu.mt<BR>> <BR>> SignWriting List<BR>> November 25, 2008<BR>> <BR>> On Nov 25, 2008, at 3:56 AM, MARIA AZZOPARDI wrote:<BR>> > Using DocumentMaker is there any way we could have Signwriting on A5<BR>> > sheets back-to-back book form. The way we've managed to print so <BR>> > far, is<BR>> > having an A4 sheet landscape.<BR>> <BR>> Hi Maria!<BR>> Regarding A5 and A4 size paper, that can be accomplished right now.<BR>> <BR>> But it is true that DocumentMaker, at this time, only has Landscape <BR>> layouts...we did that because that was the request at the time that we <BR>> developed it. Some people suggested to me that reading shorter columns <BR>> in Landscape was better than reading longer columns in Portrait mode, <BR>> so that is why it got designed that way...<BR>> <BR>> But I realize now that we need layouts in both Landscape and Portrait <BR>> modes, and later I hope to build more layouts in the program...<BR>> <BR>> So there is only Landscape right now...<BR>> <BR>> Regarding printing to A4 or A5...There are two issues with that<BR>> <BR>> 1. Your printer settings on your computer ...you can reduce or enlarge <BR>> the printing for the size paper you are using...and on your computer <BR>> you can stipulate that you want it to print in A4 or A5...that is in <BR>> your Printer driver...<BR>> <BR>> 2. Inside DocumentMaker, under the Scripts menu, you can choose A4. <BR>> That should help a little, but it does not give you A5...so sometimes <BR>> just reducing or enlarging inside your Printer driver will take care <BR>> of fitting the document on the page...<BR>> <BR>> See attached diagram showing how to change to A4 in DocumentMaker...<BR>> <BR></body>
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