Files never leave your device.How it works
How to make a booklet
- 1Drop your PDF above (or click to select).
- 2Click Make booklet.
- 3Print the result double-sided (flip on the short edge), then fold the stack in half.
Frequently asked questions
- What page order does it use?
- Saddle-stitch fold order: it pairs the last page with the first, the second with the second-to-last, and so on, so once folded the pages read 1, 2, 3, …
- What if my page count isn't a multiple of 4?
- Blank pages are added at the end to round up to a multiple of 4, which is what a folded booklet needs.
- Does my file get uploaded?
- No. The imposition is done entirely in your browser — your document never leaves your device.
Print, fold, staple
A booklet isn't just your pages in order — to fold a stack of sheets in half and have it read correctly, the pages have to be rearranged and placed two-up per sheet. Booklet does that imposition for you: it reorders the pages into fold sequence and lays two onto each landscape sheet.
How to print it
Print the result double-sided, flipping on the short edge, then fold the whole stack in half and staple along the spine. The pages will read 1, 2, 3, … Blanks are added if needed so the count is a multiple of four.
Notes and limits
Booklet assumes your pages are a consistent size. Everything runs locally, so nothing is uploaded. To put multiple pages per sheet without the fold order, use N-up.
Why the page order isn't just reversed
A basic assumption trips people up: booklet order isn't "first half forward, second half backward." For an 8-page document printed as a booklet, the outermost sheet carries pages 8 and 1 on one side and 2 and 7 on the other, the next sheet carries 6 and 3, then 4 and 5 — because that's the order that lands in sequence once the stack is folded and stapled. Working that out by hand for anything longer than a few pages is genuinely error-prone, which is the actual reason imposition tools exist.
Where booklets get used
Recipe collections, event programs, small zines, instruction manuals, and conference or church booklets are the common cases — anything meant to be handed out folded rather than read as loose printed sheets.
Printer settings that matter
Double-sided printing has to flip on the short edge, not the long edge, or the backs of your sheets will be upside down relative to the fronts. If your printer can't do duplex automatically, print all the fronts first, then feed the same stack back in for the backs — run one test sheet and check the fold before committing to a full batch. If your source pages aren't a consistent size to begin with, run them through Resize PDF first, since booklet imposition assumes uniform page dimensions.