How do I create A5 booklet?

For online publication you generally don't try to figure out how the user will print the booklet, if at all. Simply export a regular consecutive pages PDF. If they want to print it, they'll probably just print 8 pages and forget about folding and stapling.

If you insist on giving them a printer's spreads version (and by the way, the "spreads" checkbox in the print and export dialogs is NOT a way to make printer's spreads -- it's a way to put your reader's spreads on a single sheet for proofing or viewing as it would appear after binding), use Print Booklet as before, but instead of choosing your printer, print to PDF.

You can then post the PDF and users can print the spreads and fold, but they'll have a heck of a time working with your information unless they do that since page 8 will be next to page 1, page 2 will be next to page 7 and page 6 will be next to page 3 on the same sheet of paper.

Peter

Excellent, I am there.

In fact I got it to work, but when you mentioned about "printer spreads" - that did it. It is ticked by default, so I unticked it.

I have a duplex printer and obviosuly I need it for your method.

However, I am looking to convert this to pdf and make available online to people without a duplex printer.

I can do everything (pdf / online) but how would I do it so it worked without duplex?

I imagine it would print once, then the user reloads the paper back in. How would I do this?

Thanks for all help - very much appreciated.

Your page size should be the same as a single page in the booklet, i.e. on half or the size of the folded sheet, and the page count should be the total number of pages, in this case 8.

You'll set them up as portrait orientation, facing pages, and print on a landscape orientation sheet twice the size, with a total of 4 pages per sheet -- two on each side. Print Booklet does the arranging of the pages on the larger sheet for you.

If I have the relationship right (I'm in the US), that means you make an 8 page A5 book and print onto two A4 sheets.

Don't attempt to do an 8-page booklet in printer's spreads. It's too confusing to set up and prone to error.

Peter

I want to use 4x A4 pages to createan A5 booklet with 8 pages.

Do I select A4 or A5 page size?

What sizes do I select pages to?

1. Create new document.
2. In The dialog select the "Facing Pages" checkbox and set your A5 page size and margins and page count. This will allow you to design in "reader's spreads" the way the user will see your booklet.
3. If you are going to print this yourself use File > Print Booklet... to impose and print onto your A4 sheets, otherwise, export an appropriate PDF and deliver to the printer.

Peter