Files never leave your device.How it works
How to put multiple pages on one sheet
- 1Drop your PDF above (or click to select).
- 2Choose how many pages per sheet — 2, 4, 6, or 9.
- 3Click Arrange, then download the N-up PDF.
Frequently asked questions
- Do my files get uploaded anywhere?
- No. The layout is done entirely in your browser — your PDF never leaves your device.
- How are the pages arranged?
- In a neat grid on each sheet — 2-up stacks two, 4-up is a 2×2 grid, 6-up is 2×3, 9-up is 3×3. Each page is scaled down to fit its cell while keeping its shape.
- What size are the output sheets?
- They keep your document's page size. Print at that size, or use your printer's fit-to-page for a different paper size.
Fit more on every page
Printing a long slide deck or a set of notes one page per sheet wastes paper. N-Up places several pages onto each sheet in a tidy grid, so a 40-page handout can print on 10 sheets at 4-up. It all happens in your browser, with nothing uploaded.
Choose your layout
Pick 2, 4, 6, or 9 pages per sheet. HivePDF scales each source page to fit its cell while preserving its proportions, and centers it so nothing is cropped. The output keeps your document's page size for predictable printing.
Good to know
Because it runs locally, your document never leaves the browser. Pair it with Reverse Pages for booklet-style imposition, or Compress to shrink the result.
How the scaling works
Each source page is shrunk to fit its cell on the sheet while keeping its original aspect ratio — a landscape page doesn't get squeezed into a portrait cell, it's scaled down proportionally and centered with even margins. The sheet itself keeps your document's original page size, so a 4-up layout on Letter paper still measures 8.5×11 inches; it just holds four smaller renderings of your original pages. If your document mixes portrait and landscape pages, each one is still centered independently in its cell, so the grid stays tidy even when the source pages don't share the same shape.
When N-Up isn't the right call
Small text gets small fast. A slide deck with dense bullet points is usually still legible at 2-up but often unreadable at 9-up once printed — check the layout on screen before committing paper to it. For a document meant to be read carefully, annotated, or signed, rather than skimmed as a disposable handout, leave it at one page per sheet.
Common uses
- Lecture slides or meeting decks handed out as reference copies
- Script sides or storyboards where several small frames per page is standard
- Draft printouts for proofreading, where saving paper matters more than large type
N-Up works well paired with other layout tools — reverse a scanned booklet's page order first, or run Compress afterward, since the result is often smaller once several pages share one page's worth of overhead.