1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
2      type="topic" style="task"
3      id="singlesided-npage">
4
5  <info>
6    <link type="guide" xref="print-booklet#singleSided"/>
7
8    <desc>Print a booklet with n pages.</desc>
9    <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/>
10    <credit type="author">
11      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
12      <email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
13    </credit>
14    <license>
15      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
16    </license>
17
18  </info>
19
20<title>n-page booklet</title>
21 <note style="important">
22  <p>
23   <em>n</em> is a multiple of 4.
24  </p>
25 </note>
26 <p>
27   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.
28 To do so, you can:
29   </p>
30 <steps>
31 <item>
32  <p>
33    Create a blank PDF using <app>LibreOffice Writer</app>.
34  </p>
35 </item>
36 <item>
37  <p>
38   Merge the blank pages with your PDF document using <app>PDF-Shuffler</app> placing the blank pages at the end.
39  </p>
40 </item>
41</steps>
42
43 <p>
44  To print:
45 </p>
46  <steps>
47 <item>
48  <p>
49   Go to  <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq> and press the <gui style="button">Print</gui> button.
50  </p>
51 </item>
52 <item>
53  <p>
54   Choose the <gui>General</gui> tab.
55  </p>
56  <p>
57   Under <em>Range</em>, choose <gui>Pages</gui>.
58  </p>
59  <tree>
60   <item>
61   Type the numbers of the pages in this order:
62       <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>
63      <item>...until you have typed n-number of pages.</item>
64    </item>
65  </tree>
66 </item>
67 <item>
68  <p>
69   Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.
70  </p>
71  <p>
72   Under <em>Layout</em>, in the <gui>Two-sided</gui> menu, select <gui>One Sided</gui>.
73  </p>
74  <p>
75   In the <gui>Pages per side</gui> menu, select <gui>2</gui>.
76  </p>
77  <p>
78   In the <gui>Page ordering</gui> menu, select <gui>Left to right</gui>.
79  </p>
80  <p>
81   In the <gui>Only print</gui> menu, select <gui>Odd sheets</gui>.
82  </p>
83 </item>
84 <item>
85  <p>
86   Click <gui>Print</gui>.
87  </p>
88 </item>
89   <item>
90    <p>
91     When all the pages have printed, flip the pages over and place them back in the printer.
92    </p>
93   </item>
94   <item>
95    <p>
96    Go to  <guiseq><gui style="menuitem">File</gui><gui style="menuitem">Print</gui></guiseq> and press the <gui style="button">Print</gui> button.
97    </p>
98   </item>
99   <item>
100    <p>
101      Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.
102    </p>
103     <p>
104      In the <gui>Only print</gui> menu, select <gui>Even sheets</gui>.
105     </p>
106   </item>
107   <item>
108    <p>
109     Click <gui>Print</gui>.
110    </p>
111   </item>
112  </steps>
113</page>
114