<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      type="guide" style="task"
      id="printing-booklet">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="printing#paper"/>

    <desc>How to print a folded, multi-page booklet using A4 or Letter-sized paper.</desc>

    <revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
      <email>tiffany@antopolski.com</email>
    </credit>
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </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>