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Two-step print workflow

Make a print-ready booklet

Tighten inconsistent scan margins, then impose the pages in booklet order so they fold into the right reading sequence.

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One file · 2 connected steps

Start the workflow here

Choose the PDF once. Each completed step passes it directly to the next tool on this device.

The whole job, visible up front

What will happen

  1. 01

    Trim margins

    Trim the empty margin so each page prints larger on its half of the sheet.

    Open Trim margins by itself
  2. 02

    Build booklet

    Arrange pages into printer spreads in folding order, two to a landscape A4 sheet.

    Open N-up & booklet by itself

Common questions

How many pages does a booklet need?
A multiple of four, because each folded sheet carries four pages, two on each side. Blank pages are added at the end to make up the count: a 10-page document becomes 12 pages, printed on both sides of three sheets. If you would rather the blanks went somewhere else, such as inside the front cover, add them to the document before you start.
How do I print and fold it?
Print double-sided and choose flip on short edge, sometimes called short-edge binding. The sheets are landscape, so flipping on the long edge prints every second side upside down. Stack the printed sheets in order, fold the stack in half together and staple through the fold. On screen the pages look scrambled; that is the folding order, and it is correct. Past about 40 pages the inner pages stick out once folded, so trim the open edge afterwards.
What paper size does it use?
A4, turned landscape, with two pages side by side and each page shrunk to fit its half; the result says by how much. To print on US Letter, choose fit to page or scale to fit in the print dialogue, or the outer edges can be cut off.
Why trim the margins before building the booklet?
Because every page is shrunk to fit half a sheet, and any empty margin is shrunk with it. Trimming the blank space first spends that room on the text, so it prints larger. Pages of the same size are trimmed to the same box, so they still line up across each spread.
Will links, form fields and comments be in the booklet?
No. Building the booklet places each page's content on the sheet, and links, form fields, comments and bookmarks are kept apart from that content, so they are left out; the result says so. If a filled form or a document's comments should appear in print, run it through Flatten PDF first, which makes them part of the page.