How to create a 16-page A5 booklet...

BRT wrote on 8/9/2019, 6:51 AM

I've created a booklet with 16 x A5 portrait pages.

I want to print this onto 4 sheets of A4 paper - landscape mode with 2 vertical A5 pages per sheet of A4.

No matter which print options I select, it always prints as I've got it laid-out in Xara Designer Pro - pages 16 & 1 on sheet 1 side 1 with pages 2 & 3 on sheet 1 side 2, pages 4 & 5 on sheet 2 side 1, pages 6 & 7 on sheet 2 side 2 etc, etc.

What I want is to print pages 16 & 1 on sheet 1 side 1, with pages 2 & 15 on sheet 1 side 2, pages 3 & 14 on sheet 2 side 1, pages 4 & 13 on sheet 2 side 2 etc, etc.

I've been doing this in Serif PagePlus for years, producing our village newsletter and the software automatically lays it out how I want.

Additionally in PagePlus, if I export as a PDF (to email to distant ex-residents), I have the option to export as laid-out, so one page follows another for easy reading, or I can impose the pages (which is what I want Designer Pro to do) to send to a printer.

Can someone point out where I'm going wrong and give a simple step-by-step guide to doing it correctly?

Thanks,

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johnebaker wrote on 8/9/2019, 8:51 AM

@BRT

Hi

AFAICS Xara Designer cannot do imposition, which is what you are looking for - I could be corrected on this.

It is possible to print as PDF in the normal way and then use imposition software to re-arrange the pages correctly and print the document.

John EB

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BRT wrote on 9/28/2019, 3:26 AM

OK - thanks John.
I've tried this suggestion and whilst it does work, it's incredibly tedious.
Even though Serif's PagePlus is now a legacy product and is no longer being updated, it seems far more capable than Designer Pro - a 'Pro' item that doesn't offer page imposition?
I've deleted my trial version of Designer Pro and will continue with PagePlus.
Thanks again for your input.