Important: click the 'Lock Guides' button at the bottom so your guides don't accidentally move on the page. Look at the numerical precision with which Scribus places it. Add the other vertical guides at 122.5 mm and 127.5mm. (You can even enter β30 mm + 1.5 inβ to operate between different units). Yes, Scribus will use simple math operators in all fields that require a numerical entry. So in the 'Manage Guides' dialog box, click on 'Add' under the 'Vertical Guides', and in the X-Pos field, type β20+45β. Inside this margin, I wish to leave a half-column of white space, of 45mm. The left page has a 20mm margin from the left edge. We are going to add some horizontal and vertical guides, which are lines that won't print, but guide your eyes into placing columns of text, and graphics, with perfect alignment. With the 'Edit Master Pages' dialog box still showing, and your new empty pages on-screen, go to Page > Manage Guides, in the menus on top. (v 1.3.x: If you can't see the guides you just created go to View > Guides) You end up with a blank page, with blue lines marking the outer margins. In the resulting dialog-box, name the Master Page 'FeatureL' and choose 'Left Page' from the drop-down menu. You will only see one default Master Page, called 'Normal.' That's the one you've been using for the cover page. A dialog box listing existing Master Pages opens up. I can then add as many pages as I wish into the actual Scribus file, from this Master Page, and add the actual text and photos to these pages. Thus, I need a 'Master Page' for Features, that defines all the columns and other common graphic elements for the Feature pages. Interestingly, once I decide that a Features page needs two columns, and a half-column of empty white space on the outer-left or outer-right, with a section name on the band on top, I want every page that runs a Feature story to look consistently the same. Still another page could be the Contents page. Another page could look like a feedback form, which could have only rows and tables. I need three pages with a layout meant for a Features article, with perhaps two columns, and a generous white space on the outer left or outer right edge of the page. However, not all pages will have the same look. This magazine's pages are 210mm x 280 mm. Design Multiple Pages Many Unique Page Designs
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