You can make a folded booklet (like a small book or pamphlet) by printing pages of a document in a special order and changing a couple of printing options.
These instructions are for printing a booklet from a PDF document.
If you want to print a booklet from a LibreOffice document, first export it to a PDF by choosing File ▸ Export as PDF…. 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.
To print a booklet:
Open the print dialog. This can normally be done through Print in the menu or using the Ctrl+P keyboard shortcut.
Click the Properties… button
In the Orientation drop-down list, make sure that Landscape is selected.
In the Duplex drop-down list, select Short Edge.
Click OK to go back to the print dialog.
Under Range and Copies, choose Pages.
Type the numbers of the pages in this order (n is the total number of pages, and a multiple of 4):
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…
Examples:
4 page booklet: Type 4,1,2,3
8 page booklet: Type 8,1,2,7,6,3,4,5
20 page booklet: Type 20,1,2,19,18,3,4,17,16,5,6,15,14,7,8,13,12,9,10,11
Choose the Page Layout tab.
Under Layout, select Brochure.
Under Page Sides, in the Include drop-down list, select All pages.
Click Print.
Note: Your booklet will print correctly only when the total number of pages is a multiple of four, but you don't have to place content on all four of the inserted pages. You can leave some of them blank.
If you are prompted to automatically insert pages, click Yes . Microsoft Publisher will insert pages so that the total number is a multiple of four, because one sheet of paper becomes four pages.
Under the booklet graphic, you should see the following (for a 4-page booklet):
Under Margin Guides , change the margins if you want.
Make sure that the Width is 8.5 and the Height is 11.
Open the publication that you want to print as a folded booklet.
Click File > Print.
In the Print dialog box, under Printer, select a printer that can print on 11 x 17 or tabloid paper.
Under Settings, select the following:
Print All Pages
Booklet, side-fold
Tabloid or 11 x 17
Landscape (Publisher 2010 only)
Manual 2-Sided Print, Flip sheets on short edge or Print on Both Sides, Flip sheets on short edge
Select any other options that you want, and then click OK to print the publication.
Microsoft Office Publisher prints the first and last pages on one side of the sheet of paper, the second and next-to-last on the other side of the sheet, and so on, as shown here.
If your printer doesn't support two-sided printing, Microsoft Publisher prints the first and last pages on one sheet of paper, the second and next-to-last on another sheet, and so on. When you photocopy the pages back to back, fold, and then staple or bind them together, they will be in the right order. Alternatively, you can use manual 2-sided printing.
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