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type="guide" style="task"
id="printing-booklet">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="printing#paper"/>
<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="final"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
<email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>How to print a folded, multi-page booklet using A4 or Letter-sized
paper.</desc>
</info>
<title>Print a booklet</title>
<p>You can print a booklet from a PDF.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<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 <app>LibreOffice</app> document with the number (1-3) of
blank pages needed.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Export the blank pages to a PDF by choosing <guiseq><gui>File</gui>
<gui>Export as PDF…</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Merge the blank pages with your PDF document using
<app>PDF-Shuffler</app> or <app>PDF Mod</app>, placing the blank pages at
the end.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>Select the type of printer you will be using for printing from the list
below:</p>
</page>
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