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