Note that the Master Pages area expands according to your layout, so that in Picture 14 we see the appearance of an Insert Page window for a 4-fold layout. When you insert a new page (menu bar Page > Insert), you open up a window from which you can choose to add one or more pages, choose the place of insertion, and in addition decide whether these new pages will contain Master Page elements (Picture 13). (Picture 1) to launch the Edit Master Pages dialog and to change into the Master Pages Edit Mode (Picture 2). Choose from the main menu Edit > Master Pages. How to create master pages Plan A: Create a new document. You can however create a sample file containing frequently used master pages and use it as resource to import master pages into other Scribus documents.

A master page always belongs to a document – it cannot be saved as a separate file. There is a good reason for it, since it could easily happen while working with a document that something on a master page would be unintentionally moved or changed. The objects belonging to master pages cannot be changed in the normal Edit Mode. You'll avoid some unnecessary drudgery and spare much time this way. 3 Double sided, 3-fold and 4-fold PagesĪs soon as you consider using many objects (common headers, logos, background, page numbers etc.) on the same places throughout your document, you will be well advised to use master pages.

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