Creating a threefold brochure

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This tutorial will show you how to create a threefold brochure step by step.

Some random notes:

• I will be using Scribus 1.3.5svn: if you are just starting using Scribus you should stick with the stable version (1.3.3.12 at the time of writing). You will recognize all the steps i will do.
• The measures are for an A4 page

Create the document

Create a new file:

[1] Choose the Single Page document layout

[2] Set the orientation as Landscape

[3] Set a margin of 1 cm for the page

• You can use any value you whish for the border around the text: 1 cm is a good value.
• You can replace the measure in points with 1 cm: Scribus will convert the value for you!

[4] Create two pages: one per side of the A4 sheet.

[5] I would leave the default unit as Points, but you may set it to Millimeters if you prefere.

Create the Guides

Under the Page menu launch the Guide Manager:

[1] Choose the Column/Row tab.

[2] Set 2 vertical guides.

[3] Let there be a gap

[4] Set the gap to the double as the margin for the page

• 56.69 pt correspond to 2 cm
• You need the double because you will see the half of the gap as the inner margin of the leaf

[5] Refer the guides to margins instead of the page.

[6] Apply the guides to all the pages

You can leave the dialog using the close button of its window.