BookletCreator is a simple tool that allows you to create a booklet from a PDF document. It reorders pages so that after printing and folding the pages, a small book is created.
The original document should be in PDF format with "portrait" paper orientation. If you have a document in a format other than PDF, you should first convert it to a PDF. To do this, you can use a free PDF creation tool. We recommend PrimoPDF, which has a desktop and online version of their tool.
Note that BookletCreator cannot work with password-protected PDFs. If your file is protected (and you have the password), you should remove protection in the PDF security settings before uploading it to BookletCreator. If you don't have the password but security settings allow you to print the document, then you can try printing it with PrimoPDF virtual printer. You will get another PDF document and it will be password-free. This document will look like a set of pictures, rather than text, but BookletCreator will be able to read it and create a booklet version for you.
Here is how BookletCreator works (this example shows you only 8 pages for the sake of simplicity, but your document may be of any size):
- Let's say your document looks like this:
- After processing your document with BookletCreator you will get something like this:
- Print the document choosing "Print on both sides" in your printer preferences.
If your printer can't print on both sides automatically, print the odd pages first
(Acrobat Reader has this option in their printing preferences), then put the printed
paper back into your printer and print the even pages. We advise you to practice
on short documents to ensure that you understand how to turn paper so that the front
and back of the page are printed accurately. Finally, stack the pages in the correct
order, fold them in half, and staple them. This is how the booklet will look when
completed:
Optional parameters
Check "Flip backs upside down" if you have a duplex printer (the one that can automatically print on both sides of the paper).
If you set "Pages per booklet" to some value other than "All", you will get not one booklet, but several booklets, each having the chosen number of pages or less. This option is useful when you have a large document which is not convenient to fold. If you want all the "sub-booklets" to have the same number of pages, check the "Add blank pages to the last booklet" option.
You can also specify the PDF sheet size. If it is set to "Auto", the resultant sheet will be large enough to fit two pages of the original document.
If your document is in right-to-left language (such as Arabic or Hebrew), set the appropriate option to have the pages placed from right to left.
