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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="printing-booklet-duplex">
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<link type="guide" xref="printing-booklet"/>
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<desc>Print folded booklets (like a book or pamphlet) using normal A4/Letter-size paper.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-04" status="final"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Print folded booklets</title>
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<p>You can make folded booklets (like a small book or pamphlet) by printing pages of a document in a special order and changing a couple of printing options.</p>
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<p>These instruction are for printing a booklet from a PDF document. If you want to print a booklet from a <app>LibreOffice</app> document, first export it to a PDF. Make sure the document has a multiple of 4 pages. You may need to add up to 3 blank pages.</p>
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<p>To print a booklet:</p>
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Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Print</gui></guiseq>.
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<p>Go to the <gui>General</gui> tab. Under <em>Range</em>, choose <gui>Pages</gui>.</p>
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<item><p> Type the numbers of the pages in this order (n is the total number of pages, and a multiple of 4):</p>
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<p>n, 1, 2, n-1, n-2, 3, 4, n-3, n-4, 5, 6, n-5, n-6, 7, 8, n-7, n-8, 9, 10, n-9, n-10, 11, 12, n-11...</p>
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<item><p>4 page booklet: Type <input>4,1,2,5</input></p></item>
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<item><p>8 page booklet: Type <input>8,1,2,7,6,3,4,5</input></p></item>
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<item><p>20 page booklet: Type <input>20,1,2,19,18,3,4,17,16,5,6,15,14,7,8,13,12,9,10,11</input></p></item>
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Now, go to the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.
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Under <em>Layout</em>, in the <gui>Two-side</gui> option, select <gui>Short Edge (Flip)</gui>.
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In the <gui>Pages per side</gui> option, select <gui>2</gui>.
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In the <gui>Page ordering</gui> menu, select <gui>Left to right</gui>.
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Click <gui>Print</gui>.