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2 type="topic" style="task"
3 id="singlesided-npage">
6 <link type="guide" xref="print-booklet#singleSided"/>
8 <desc>Print a booklet over 20 pages.</desc>
10 <revision pkgversion="2.32" version="0.1" date="2010-10-28" status="draft"/>
11 <credit type="author">
12 <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
13 <email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
16 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
21 <title>n-Page Booklet</title>
22 <note style="important">
24 <em>n</em> is a multiple of 4.
28 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.
34 Create a blank PDF using <app>LibreOffice Writer</app>.
39 Merge the blank pages with your PDF document using <app>PDF-Shuffler</app> placing the blank pages at the end.
50 Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Print</gui></guiseq>.
55 Choose the <gui>General</gui> tab.
58 Under <em>Range</em>, choose <gui>Pages</gui>.
62 Type the numbers of the pages in this order:
63 <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>
64 <item>...until you have typed n-number of pages.</item>
70 Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.
73 Under <em>Layout</em>, in the <gui>Two-side</gui> menu, select <gui>One Sided</gui>.
76 In the <gui>Pages per side</gui> menu, select <gui>2</gui>.
79 In the <gui>Page ordering</gui> menu, select <gui>Left to right</gui>.
82 In the <gui>Only print</gui> menu, select <gui>Odd sheets</gui>.
87 Click <gui>Print</gui>.
92 When all the pages have printed, flip the pages over and place them back in the printer.
97 Click <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Print</gui></guiseq>.
102 Choose the <gui>Page Setup</gui> tab.
105 In the <gui>Only print</gui> menu, select <gui>Even sheets</gui>.
110 Click <gui>Print</gui>.