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Pocket Booklet

Choose what goes on eight small pages, print one sheet, then fold it and make one cut.

1 is the front cover, 8 is the back.

Page 1

This is the sheet as it prints, so the top row is upside down. Dashed lines are folds, and the dash-dot line in the middle is the cut. The outlined panel is the page you're editing. Click a panel to edit that page.

  1. Print the sheet on one side. Fold it in half the long way with the print on the outside, crease it, and open it again.

  2. Fold it in half the short way, then in half again. Crease and open it flat. The creases now mark eight pages.

  3. Fold it in half the short way, print outside. Cut from the folded edge along the dash-dot line, and stop at the first crease.

  4. Open the sheet and fold it in half the long way again, print outside. The cut is now a slit along the folded edge.

  5. Hold both ends and push them toward the middle. The slit opens and the pages come together as a cross, seen here from above.

  6. Fold the pages around so page 1 is on the front and page 8 is on the back, then press the booklet flat.

To check the page order on your printer first, turn on Number the pages and print a sheet of blank pages.