Booklet blank pages calculator
A folded booklet always has a multiple of four pages. Type the number you have and see what is added.
10 pages make a 12-page booklet on 3 sheets of A4 a copy, with 2 blank pages: pages 10 and 11 of the booklet, just before your last page, which stays as the back cover.
1 to 24 pages
| Pages you have | Booklet pages | Blank pages added | Sheets of A4 a copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | 16 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | 20 | 3 | 5 |
| 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | 24 | 3 | 6 |
| 22 | 24 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | 24 | 0 | 6 |
What to do with spare pages
- Leave them blank before the back cover. The free page-order tool does this to any PDF.
- Fill them: a second photo, a poem such as Crossing the Bar, or the words of another hymn from the hymn list.
- Or go the other way and take something out to come down to the smaller size. The page-count calculator shows what a set of hymns needs.
Page order for the common sizes: 8 pages · 12 pages · 16 pages.
Questions
- Why does a booklet need a multiple of four pages?
- Each sheet folded in half makes four pages: two on the front and two on the back. A stapled booklet is a stack of such sheets, so its page count is always 4, 8, 12, 16 and so on.
- My document has 10 pages. What happens?
- 10 pages make a 12-page booklet on 3 sheets of A4 a copy, with 2 blank pages: pages 10 and 11 of the booklet, just before your last page, which stays as the back cover.
- Where should the blank pages go?
- Usually just before the last page, so that your last page stays on the back cover. You can also fill them: a poem, a photo page or a page for notes.
The order of service builder fits your service to 8, 12 or 16 pages and shares spare room out for you.
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