Reorder a PDF so the printed sheets fold into a booklet
Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Updated on 25 Oct 2026.A booklet needs its pages in a strange order: on an eight-page booklet the first sheet carries pages 8 and 1 on one side and 2 and 7 on the other. This page works that order out, two pages to each side of A4, and gives you a PDF to print double-sided.
Press Choose PDF and add the document; Booklet is already on.
Pick the Paper size; blank pages are added to reach a multiple of four.
Press Download booklet PDF.
Print it double-sided, flipping on the short edge, then fold the stack in half.
The page adds blank pages to reach a multiple of four; print the PDF flipping on the short edge. Stack, fold in half, and the booklet reads 1, 2, 3.
Two jobs the print shop does every day, done before the PDF reaches the printer.
A booklet. Tick Booklet and the pages are put in saddle-stitch order: two to each side of the paper, arranged so that when the sheets are printed on both sides, stacked and folded in half, the booklet reads in order. The page count is made up to a multiple of four with blank pages at the end. Print double-sided and flip on the short edge; the preview shows the front and back of the first sheet so you can check before printing.
Sharp, not scanned. The pages are placed as PDF pages, not turned into pictures, so text stays crisp and selectable and the file stays small. A scanned page that the PDF marks as rotated is turned the way a PDF reader shows it.
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Drop the PDF, choose 4 under Pages per sheet and download. The pages are placed two by two on a portrait sheet, each centred and at the same scale, so a 10-page PDF prints on 3 sheets. Print the new PDF normally, one page per sheet.
Tick Booklet and download. The pages are put in folding order, two to each side of the paper, with blank pages added to reach a multiple of four. Print double-sided, flipping on the short edge, then stack the sheets and fold them in half.
The pages are in folding order. On an eight-page booklet the first side carries pages 8 and 1, its back pages 2 and 7, the next side 6 and 3, and its back 4 and 5. Once the printed sheets are stacked and folded, the booklet reads 1 to 8 in order.
A4, A3 and US Letter. The sheet turns to landscape or portrait by itself, whichever gives the pages the most room. A3 is useful for a booklet of A4 pages, since each side then holds two full-size pages.
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