<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="printing-booklet-duplex" xml:lang="hi">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="printing-booklet"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="candidate"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>टैफ्फिनी अंटोपोलस्की</name>

      <email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author editor">

      <name>Petr Kovar</name>

      <email>pknbe@volny.cz</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Print folded booklets (like a book or pamphlet) from a PDF using normal

    A4/Letter-size paper.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Print a booklet on a double-sided printer</title>

  
You can make a folded booklet (like a small book or pamphlet) by printing

  pages of a document in a special order and changing a couple of printing

  options.

  
These instructions 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 by choosing <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Export

  as PDF…</gui></guiseq>. Your document needs to have a multiple of 4 number of

  pages (4, 8, 12, 16,…). You may need to add up to 3 blank pages.

  
To print a booklet:

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the print dialog. This can normally be done through

      <gui style="menuitem">Print</gui> in the menu or using the

      <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>P</key></keyseq> keyboard shortcut.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click the <gui>Properties…</gui> button 

      
In the <gui>Orientation</gui> drop-down list, make sure that

      <gui>Landscape</gui> is selected.

      
In the <gui>Duplex</gui> drop-down list, select <gui>Short Edge</gui>.

      
Click <gui>OK</gui> to go back to the print dialog.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Under <gui>Range and Copies</gui>, choose <gui>Pages</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Type the numbers of the pages in this order (n is the total number of

      pages, and a multiple of 4):

      
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…

      
Examples:

      <list>

        <item>
4 page booklet: Type <input>4,1,2,3</input>
</item>

        <item>
8 page booklet: Type <input>8,1,2,7,6,3,4,5</input>
</item>

        <item>
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>
</item>

      </list>

    </item>

    <item>

      
Choose the <gui>Page Layout</gui> tab.

      
Under <gui>Layout</gui>, select <gui>Brochure</gui>.

      
Under <gui>Page Sides</gui>, in the <gui>Include</gui> drop-down list,

      select <gui>All pages</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Print</gui>.

    </item>

  </steps>

</page>