Authoring a multipage document using Inkscape
Hi all,
I have a 2 page document (an evaluation form), and because spacing was very important, I used Inkscape instead of LibreOffice, LyX, LaTeX, etc. This two page document must print on both sides of the paper, so I'd imagine it must end up as a PDF.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape-pages/ seems to indicate that I can do this natively in Inkscape by installing a plugin. I'm a little worried ways that a plugin might affect my normal Inkscape usage.
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Multipage itself indicates that Inkscape itself doesn't implement multiple pages, because the current SVG spec doesn't support it.
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=519 reiterates that current Inkscape doesn't support multiple pages, and suggests I use two different Inkscape docs, and desktop publish them with Scribus.
All I really need is a 2 page portrait letter-sized PDF, and I'll figure out how to print it duplexed. I have no problem with making two different Inkscape docs. I'm a little concerned about putting letter-sized SVG's into Scribus or LibreOffice or any other "container".
Anyone have any ideas of the best way for me to make a 2 page PDF out of one or two Inkscape files?
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
I have future plans to put some multi-page into experimental branch. But it'll have to pass all sorts of design and peer review, so for now it's true that inkscape doesn't support multiple pages.
Anyone have any ideas of the best way for me to make a 2 page PDF out of one or two Inkscape files?
Make two documents, export/save both documents as separate pdf pages. Use pdftk to combine them together.
You are right to be wary of importing svg into scribus, although it's svg renderings are pretty good so if that improved workflow and doesn't effect the look of the document it might be easier to work in Scribus.
Martin,
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> wrote:
Make two documents, export/save both documents as separate pdf pages. Use pdftk to combine them together.
+1 - I do this all the time. eg, 'pdftk page1.pdf page2.pdf cat output combined.pdf'.
I've also gotten good results exporting to EPS and loading the results into Scribus - but I also agree you should be wary, esp. if the layout is complex/weird.
Chris
Why should he be wary of importing svg into scribus? Its something they've worked hard on being pretty good at in the past, is there something that doesnt work well? If so can we talk to them rather than issuing vague ominous warnings, inkscape>scribus via svg has always been a workflow that was pretty reliable as far as I knew.
Cheers
John
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:16 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...155...> wrote:
I have future plans to put some multi-page into experimental branch. But it'll have to pass all sorts of design and peer review, so for now it's true that inkscape doesn't support multiple pages.
Anyone have any ideas of the best way for me to make a 2 page PDF out of one or two Inkscape files?
Make two documents, export/save both documents as separate pdf pages. Use pdftk to combine them together.
You are right to be wary of importing svg into scribus, although it's svg renderings are pretty good so if that improved workflow and doesn't effect the look of the document it might be easier to work in Scribus.
Martin,
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:18 AM, John Cliff <john.cliff@...155...> wrote:
Why should he be wary of importing svg into scribus?
I'm wary when importing *anything* into Scribus (or anything else). It works 95% of the time, but that last 5% can be subtle and weird.
In other words - I've *never* had a problem with PDFs joined with pdftk. Every once in a while I've had an issue with vectors imported into Scribus. Don't mean to be ominous or vague, but on a 2-page like the OP is going for I'd simply export two pages and join them with pdftk - less room for extra import/export errors ;)
Chris
On Wed, 14 May 2014 10:18:02 +0100 John Cliff <john.cliff@...155...> wrote:
Why should he be wary of importing svg into scribus? Its something they've worked hard on being pretty good at in the past, is there something that doesnt work well? If so can we talk to them rather than issuing vague ominous warnings, inkscape>scribus via svg has always been a workflow that was pretty reliable as far as I knew.
Cheers
John
Hi John,
When I did the import, no .svg images were listed, and there was no "all files" choice, so it was impossible to import my .svg images, whether or not it would have been safe to do so.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
On Tue, 13 May 2014 20:03:19 -0400 Steve Litt <slitt@...2357...> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a 2 page document (an evaluation form), and because spacing was very important, I used Inkscape instead of LibreOffice, LyX, LaTeX, etc. This two page document must print on both sides of the paper, so I'd imagine it must end up as a PDF.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape-pages/ seems to indicate that I can do this natively in Inkscape by installing a plugin. I'm a little worried ways that a plugin might affect my normal Inkscape usage.
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Multipage itself indicates that Inkscape itself doesn't implement multiple pages, because the current SVG spec doesn't support it.
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=519 reiterates that current Inkscape doesn't support multiple pages, and suggests I use two different Inkscape docs, and desktop publish them with Scribus.
All I really need is a 2 page portrait letter-sized PDF, and I'll figure out how to print it duplexed. I have no problem with making two different Inkscape docs. I'm a little concerned about putting letter-sized SVG's into Scribus or LibreOffice or any other "container".
Anyone have any ideas of the best way for me to make a 2 page PDF out of one or two Inkscape files?
So I ended up making a 2 page blank LibreOffice text document, letter sized, portrait, all four margins set to 0, for which I had to say "yes" to an "are you sure you want to print outside the printer margins" question. My .svg files each had a 1/2" margin all the way around, so the part that printed would be blank anyway.
Then I imported the obverse onto page 1, and the reverse onto page 2, and each exactly covered the page. I saved it, printed thirty copies with LibreOffice's printer set to duplex-notumble, and it worked perfectly.
Ugly, but it did what I needed done :-)
I'll be on the lookout for multipage Inkscape in the years to come.
Thanks for all your suggestions.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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