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XeTeX based macro package for typesetting USFM formatted (Paratext output) scripture files
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Feature Request: 1-up spread on larger paper #949

Closed mnjames closed 2 months ago

mnjames commented 3 months ago

I'd like to print trial versions of a book on a4 paper, but let the being looking at it see the size it would be when printed. Ideally on the Finishing tab, when it's set to "1-up", I'd still like the option to pick the physical size of the paper. That, combined with cropmarks, would mean that we could print on a4 but see the font and other details at the correct size.

mhosken commented 2 months ago

Any PDF viewer worth anything has the option to print a smaller page onto the output paper without resizing the result. It's probably an option on the printer output such as "resize to fit". Turn that off.

I don't see a value in positioning an output page onto A4 with large margins, just to save turning off fit to page on print.

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I'd like to print trial versions of a book on a4 paper, but let the being looking at it see the size it would be when printed. Ideally on the Finishing tab, when it's set to "1-up", I'd still like the option to pick the physical size of the paper. That, combined with cropmarks, would mean that we could print on a4 but see the font and other details at the correct size.

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mnjames commented 2 months ago

I did think of just turning off the resize to fit, albeit not until after I submitted this issue.

I can think of two reasons why the "resize to fit" option isn't perfect: 1) It's an extra step to explain to people I'm sending a pdf to, who--to be generous--aren't very computer savvy. 2) It would be nice to "see" the page on the screen in comparison to something our minds understand. I was just working on a 3"x4" booklet, which is hard for most people to visualize. But if they see what it looks like superimposed on a a4 page, then they have a better sense of size (without ever actually printing).

I kind of assumed that since it already does much more complicated things with 2 or 4 pages per sheet, that this would be simple. But since it seems like it's not, I'll be happy to ignore it.

mhosken commented 2 months ago

It's not that it is hard. It is more about needing yet another UI control for it, which is hard to justify.

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024, 14:33 mnjames, @.***> wrote:

I did think of just turning off the resize to fit, albeit not until after I submitted this issue.

I can think of two reasons why the "resize to fit" option isn't perfect:

  1. It's an extra step to explain to people I'm sending a pdf to, who--to be generous--aren't very computer savvy.
  2. It would be nice to "see" the page on the screen in comparison to something our minds understand. I was just working on a 3"x4" booklet, which is hard for most people to visualize. But if they see what it looks like superimposed on a a4 page, then they have a better sense of size (without ever actually printing).

I kind of assumed that since it already does much more complicated things with 2 or 4 pages per sheet, that this would be simple. But since it seems like it's not, I'll be happy to ignore it.

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