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PDF Booklet Maker

Turn a report excerpt or event programme into a PDF booklet, arranged for folded double-sided printing as a polished handout. Free, in your browser.

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A practical guide

Preview the folded reading sequence.

  1. Choose a PDF of no more than 40 pages and select left or right binding.
  2. Choose landscape A4 or Letter paper and the output margin.
  3. Create the imposition and check the outer and inner page pairs before a test print.

Try this example

Arrange a 20-page event program as a left-bound Letter booklet. Review the cover, center spread and reading direction before distribution.

Before

  • Pages 1–8

After

  • 8 | 1
  • 2 | 7
  • 6 | 3
  • 4 | 5
Input and expected output for this task. Illustrative example.

Before you start: This creates print imposition, not a page-size booklet editor. Blank slots pad to a multiple of four; there is no creep compensation. Test duplex short-edge printing first.

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What you get

Arrange up to 40 pages for one folded booklet on landscape A4 or Letter. Blank slots pad to a multiple of four. Front/back pairs are ordered outer sheet first; no creep compensation. Test duplex short-edge printing on your printer before the full run.

Limits and important details

Layout: 10 MiB, all source pages up to 200, 40 MiB output; split can produce 400 pages. No unusual page units. Links are kept; comments and form fields are imprinted or removed, as you choose; signed PDFs and XFA forms are refused. Document metadata/bookmarks are not preserved. Split and crop clip visibility, not securely remove hidden content. Marks are not redaction or editable comments: one per run on up to 500 pages, Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Korean text up to 300 characters. Forms: 10 MiB, 200 pages, 100 plain single-line text, checkbox, dropdown or radio fields; no XFA, signatures or scripts. Appearances may change. Not PDF sanitization.

Example

For eight pages with left binding, sheet sides contain 8|1, 2|7, 6|3 and 4|5. Print one PDF page per sheet side at actual size; do not enable the printer's booklet mode again. Fold a test copy to check page order and duplex direction.