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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>tiffany@antopolski.com</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>
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