I would like to style my document in such a way that the page is divided into four equal parts and then the text is printed in those pages: it is similar to twocolumn but I also want to have, say two rows. The reason is that I would like to cut the page into four smaller pieces, so it would be very convenient if LaTeX can do this.
Thank you in advance for help!
[Tex/LaTex] Four smaller pages in one page
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Just for record a less elegant one-stage process example with statics, dynamics and a flow frame (If I had seen Werner's response it would not have written):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{flowfram}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{microtype}
\newstaticframe*[all]{0.45\textwidth}{.4\textheight}
{0\textwidth}{.6\textheight}[UI]
\newdynamicframe*[1]{0.45\textwidth}{.4\textheight}
{0\textwidth}{0.15\textheight}[UN]
\newdynamicframe*[2]{0.45\textwidth}{.4\textheight}
{0\textwidth}{0.15\textheight}[UNb]
\newstaticframe*[1]{0.45\textwidth}{.4\textheight}
{.5\textwidth}{.6\textheight}[NI]
\newstaticframe*[2]{0.45\textwidth}{.4\textheight}
{.5\textwidth}{.6\textheight}[NIb]
\newflowframe*[all]{0.45\textwidth}{.4\textheight}
{0.5\textwidth}{0.15\textheight}[NN]
\begin{document}
\begin{staticcontents*}{UI}
\color{red}
{\bf The urgent and important}\\
\begin{itemize}
\item Remove your hand from the fire.
\item Get dressed before going outside.
\item Remember to breathe.
\item Remember to breathe again.
\item Urgent and important issues should always
be visible, put them on every page.
\end{itemize}
\end{staticcontents*}
\begin{dynamiccontents*}{UN}
\color{blue}
{\bf The urgent but not important}\\
\begin{itemize}
\item Meeting of prevention of UFO invasion in ten minutes.
\item Pick up the **** rining phone
\item Call some day to my girldfriend
\item Writing my diary
\end{itemize}
\continueonframe[More in next page]{UNb}
\color{blue}
Who is calling so many times by the ******* phone? It's a bore.
\end{dynamiccontents*}
\begin{staticcontents*}{NI}
\color{magenta} {\bf The really important, but no urgent}\\
\begin{itemize}
\item Remember to go to sleep
\item Remember to eat
\end{itemize}
\continueonframe[More in next page]{NIb}
\color{magenta}
\begin{itemize}
\item Go to work tomorrow
\item Don't worry
\item Be happy
\end{itemize}
\end{staticcontents*}
% Text with free flow
{\bf The wasting time things}\\
\begin{enumerate}
\item \lipsum[2]
\item \lipsum[1]
\item \lipsum[3] \appenddynamiccontents*{UNb}
{Calling again.I will ask my girlfriend if she know who is.}
\item \lipsum[4]
\item \lipsum[5]
\item \lipsum[6]
\item \lipsum[7]
\item \lipsum[8]
\item \lipsum[9]
\item \lipsum[10]
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=0pt,nofoot,nohead]{geometry}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand{\fourplay}[2]% #1 = page number (text), #2 = file name
{\pagebreak\includegraphics[page=#1]{#2}\includegraphics[page=#1]{#2}\par
\includegraphics[page=#1]{#2}\includegraphics[page=#1]{#2}\par}
\parindent=0pt
\parskip=0pt
\begin{document}
\loop\fourplay{\thepage}{test5.pdf}
\ifnum\value{page}<2\relax \repeat% 2=number of pages
\end{document}
where the file test5.pdf was created using
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a6paper]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-10]
\end{document}
Best Answer
You could simply use pdfnup (for PDF documents), or psnup (for PostScript documents).