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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6743064"><bookmark_value>printing; individual brochures</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>booklet printing</bookmark_value>
      <bookmark_value>brochures; printing individual</bookmark_value>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10614" role="paragraph">You can print a Writer document as a brochure or a booklet. That is, Writer prints two pages on each side of the paper, so that when you fold the paper, you can read the document as a book.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106DE" role="paragraph">When you create a document that you want to print as a brochure, use portrait orientation for the pages. Writer applies the brochure layout when you print the document.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id871605701051745">%PRODUCTNAME is not designed to handle brochure printing of documents that include landscape page orientations, but it is possible to print such documents.</paragraph>
 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id191605701997366">It is not possible to print a large image across two pages. Cut the image into two parts, and insert each part on different pages.</paragraph>
<h2 xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1061A">To Print a Brochure</h2>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10621" role="listitem">Choose <emph>File - Print</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B6" role="listitem">In the <emph>Print</emph> dialog, click <emph>Properties</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1070E" role="listitem">In the properties dialog for your printer, set the paper orientation to landscape.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8947416" role="tip">If your printer prints duplex, and because brochures always print in landscape mode, you should use the "duplex - short edge" setting in your printer setup dialog.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10628" role="listitem">Return to <emph>Print</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
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         <listitem>
            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1062C" role="listitem">In the <emph>Page Layout</emph> section, select <emph>Brochure</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10740" role="listitem">For a printer that automatically prints on both sides of a page, specify in the <emph>Range and Copies</emph> section to include <emph>Odd and Even Pages</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10630" role="listitem">Click <emph>Print</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106EA" role="note">If %PRODUCTNAME prints the pages in the wrong order, select <emph>Print in reverse order</emph> in the <emph>Range and Copies</emph> section, and then print the document again.</paragraph>
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