On 17.06.2008, at 07:49, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
On Monday 16 Jun 2008 2:33:09 pm Bert Freudenberg wrote:
Now, if it was arranged so that 4 guides are on each page, if there were page numbers and a table of contents, that would be useful.
Yes, what application would allow me to do this under program control? I have no experience in creating PDFs. I may be able to produce four guides up on a page, and landscape mode, and page numbers. How do I make a table of contents?
HTML might be the simplest. You just write a method that generates the HTML code for the one big page, with a TOC at the beginning, and say H1 headings for each 2x2 group guides. In a browser that would appear as one long page. But by adding a "page-break-before: always" style to the H1 heading you can ensure page breaks when printing.
Why repeat the effort for every output type? If the master is done in LaTeX, then the same source can be used for generating web content, PDF and multi-page booklets.
Note I wrote "simplest" not "best" ;)
If Ted was familiar with TeX he certainly would have thought of this himself. But installing and learning TeX just for this is a bit much to ask.
- Bert -