1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="singlesided-npage" xml:lang="wa"> 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> 113