PDF Booklet
Impose pages 2-up for saddle-stitch printing.
How to use PDF Booklet
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Drop in your PDF
Add the document you want to turn into a fold-and-staple booklet.
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Pages are imposed for you
The tool reorders and places two pages per sheet in saddle-stitch order, padding to a multiple of four where needed.
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Print double-sided and fold
Download the imposed PDF, print it double-sided, fold the stack in half and staple along the spine.
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About PDF Booklet
Turn a PDF into a print-ready booklet: pages are re-sequenced and placed two-up on each sheet so that, printed double-sided and folded down the middle, they read in order. Page count is auto-padded to a multiple of four. Runs locally in your browser.
Print a proper fold-and-staple booklet
Turning a PDF into a real booklet — the kind you fold in half and staple along the spine — sounds simple but is surprisingly fiddly to do by hand. The pages can't just be printed in order two to a sheet; they have to be imposed, meaning rearranged so that when the printed stack is folded, every page lands in the right place and the booklet reads from front to back. Get the order wrong and you end up with a jumbled mess. This tool does the imposition for you, taking an ordinary sequential PDF and laying out two pages per side in the saddle-stitch order a folded booklet requires.
The result is a print-ready file: send it to a printer in double-sided mode, fold the whole stack in half, and staple along the crease to produce a finished booklet. It's ideal for programmes, zines, orders of service, small catalogues, instruction leaflets and event handouts — anything that reads better as a bound booklet than as a loose stack of pages.
How imposition works, and what to expect
The heart of a saddle-stitch booklet is that each printed sheet carries four pages — two on the front and two on the back — and the pairing is not sequential. The outermost sheet holds the very first and very last pages together, the next sheet holds the second and second-to-last, and so on inward toward the centre. Because of this four-pages-per-sheet arithmetic, a booklet's total page count must be divisible by four; when your document isn't, the tool pads the end with blank pages so everything still lines up, rather than shifting your content out of position.
Everything is computed in your browser, so imposing a confidential programme or an internal handbook never uploads it anywhere, and there's no account or watermark on the output. Your original file is left untouched, so you can adjust the source and regenerate the booklet as many times as you need before sending it to print.
Questions
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What is a saddle-stitch booklet?
It's the simplest bound format: sheets are printed two pages per side, stacked, folded down the middle, and stapled along the fold. Making it work requires arranging the pages in a special order so they read correctly once folded — which is exactly what this tool does.
Why can't I just print my PDF two-up?
Printing pages in their normal order two to a sheet won't read correctly after folding, because a booklet needs the last page beside the first, the second-to-last beside the second, and so on. This imposition reorders the pages so the folded result flows properly.
What if my page count isn't a multiple of four?
Saddle-stitch booklets need a page count divisible by four, so the tool automatically pads the end with blank pages to reach the nearest multiple, keeping your content correctly positioned.
Is my document processed privately?
Yes. The imposition happens entirely in your browser, so your file is never uploaded.