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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="duplex-npage">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="print-booklet#doubleSided"/>
+
+ <desc>Print a booklet with n pages.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+
+ </info>
+
+<title>n-page booklet</title>
+ <note style="important">
+ <p>
+ <em>n</em> is a multiple of 4.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+
+ <p>
+ If the number of pages in your PDF document is not a multiple of 4, you should add the appropriate number of blank pages (1,2 or 3) to make it a multiple of 4.
+ To do so, you can:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Create a blank PDF using <app>LibreOffice Writer</app>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Merge the blank pages with your PDF document using <app>PDF-Shuffler</app> placing the blank pages at the end.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+</steps>
+
+
+<steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Go to <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq> and press the <gui style="button">Print</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Choose the <gui>General</gui> tab.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Under <em>Range</em>, choose <gui>Pages</gui>.
+ </p>
+ <tree>
+ <item>
+ Type the numbers of the pages in this order:
+ <item>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...</item>
+ <item>...until you have typed n-number of pages.</item>
+ </item>
+ </tree>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Under <em>Layout</em>, in the <gui>Two-sided</gui> menu, select <gui>Short Edge (Flip)</gui>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Pages per side</gui> option, select <gui>2</gui>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Page ordering</gui> menu, select <gui>Left to right</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui>Print</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+</steps>
+</page>