How to change formatting of pgfpagesuselayout?

Question

I have cut my page in four parts using \pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[a4paper] command. Now there are let's say four quadrants in my page. Since {3 on 1} is not available in this environment, I want to have two portrait style pages in the upper half and one landscape style page in the lower one. In other words, I want to have three pages on one page (two portrait style and one landscape). Is it possible?

This is my preamble

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setdefaultlanguage{Marathi}

\begin{document}

\end{document}

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-05T16:14:59.860

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You can define your custom 3 on 1 layout:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{pgfpages}

\pgfpagesdeclarelayout{3 on 1}
{
  \edef\pgfpageoptionheight{\the\paperheight} 
  \edef\pgfpageoptionwidth{\the\paperwidth}
  \edef\pgfpageoptionborder{0pt}
}
{
  \pgfpagesphysicalpageoptions
  {%
    logical pages=3,%
    physical height=\pgfpageoptionheight,%
    physical width=\pgfpageoptionwidth%
  }
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{1}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.25\pgfphysicalwidth}{.75\pgfphysicalheight}%
  }%
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{2}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.75\pgfphysicalwidth}{.75\pgfphysicalheight}%
  }%
  \pgfpageslogicalpageoptions{3}
  {%
    border shrink=\pgfpageoptionborder,%
    resized width=.5\pgfphysicalwidth,%
    resized height=.5\pgfphysicalheight,%
    center=\pgfpoint{.5\pgfphysicalwidth}{.25\pgfphysicalheight},%
  }%
}

\pgfpagesuselayout{3 on 1}
\begin{document}

\lipsum\lipsum\lipsum

\end{document}

edited Jan 05 '19 at 16:14

answered Jan 05 '19 at 14:57

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz

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As per your instructions the output that I got was also rotated. I want it to look straight. Text which is not rotated and straight as we get it in the {2 in 1}. In the upper half I want 2 portrait pages and in the lower half one landscape page. Is it possible? – Niranjan Jan 05 '19 at 15:50
@Niranjan I'm not sure I understand what layout you have in mind. Can you draw an image how the result should look like? – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 05 '19 at 15:53
I've added an image to the question, please have a look. – Niranjan Jan 05 '19 at 16:10
@Niranjan Please see my updated answer – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 05 '19 at 16:16
Thank you so much Sam! This worked for me. Now one last thing. This is not the first page actually; it is in continuation. I don't want this division before this page and after this page too... Now how to restrict this formatting only for this page? – Niranjan Jan 05 '19 at 16:27
@Niranjan Sorry, I don't think I understand what you mean with divisons? – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 05 '19 at 16:33
I mean the layout. I don't want this layout throughout the document. I just want it for one page. – Niranjan Jan 05 '19 at 16:36
@Niranjan That sounds difficult. I don't think I have a solution for this. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jan 05 '19 at 17:25

How to change formatting of pgfpagesuselayout?

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