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pkmagle@netins.net (Jim and Pat Magle Jones) writes:

>Can someone point me in the right direction to find out if I can
>output latex files in multi-columns on horizontal (landscape)
>orientation on 8.5x11? In particular I want to create folded
>brochures. Is there a collection of style files for this
>(fan-folded, 2-up, and other styles) and instructions on how to
>use them somewhere? Thanks for your help.

>Jim Jones
>jsjones@graceland.edu

>P.S. I am an OzTeX user (Macintosh) if that makes any diff.

I am unable to point you to a ready-made style file (although I am
sure that such a thing will probably exist on your nearest CTAN),
however, I can tell you how I would approach the problem on a Unix
system, and then you can investigate your options on your Macintosh.

First, all you need to do is re-define the width of each "page" to
be approximately one third of 11 inches (don't forget to allow some
space for the widths of the margins, which will also require to be
re-defined), and then the page length will be something less than
8.5 inches.  In a LaTeX document, these might be defined in a ".sty"
file with the following commands:

\setlength{\textwidth}{3in}
\setlength{\textheight}{7in}

Next, having used (La)TeX to create the ".dvi" file, then you need
to be able to translate (or offset) the origin of each "page" across
your real paper page for printing.

On a Unix system these is a set of utilities called "PSutils" that
were created by a person called Angus Duggan (I think that's correct),
and this includes a program called "psnup", and "pstops" which work
together to perform the feat of printing multiple "pages" on one
physical page.

I hope that may be of some help.

Best regards,

Lawson Hanson