What this tool does
- The signature order, the one that is only proved after folding: the last page next to the first.
- The signature is padded to a multiple of four, and the blank pages fall in the middle, never on the cover.
- Several signatures for a thick document: by 8, 12, 16… pages, each folded and stapled on its own, then gathered in order, the page numbers stay those of the document.
- Or simply 2 or 4 pages per sheet, in reading order, to reread a thesis without going through a ream.
- The screen says how many sheets to print, not how many sides.
- A margin around each page, for the fold or the staple.
What it does not do: Links, bookmarks and form fields do not survive: a page laid onto a sheet becomes a drawing. Double-sided printing depends on your printer: bind on the short edge, otherwise every second page comes out upside down, and try four pages before launching two hundred. A very thick booklet does not fold well: past twenty sheets or so, split it into signatures of sixteen pages, folded separately and gathered in order.
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The other tools
- Merge PDFs: Several files, one document, in the order you decide.
- Organize pages: Reorder, rotate, delete, duplicate: the whole plan.
- Extract pages: Pick pages, take them out into a document of their own.
- Delete pages: Remove pages while looking at them; they are not left under the file you get.