Page orientation bug ... outside the confines of an A4 sheet of paper ???

[aiamuzz]

Hi,

Great Job ... its a nifty piece of software.

I have a small bug to report ...

I have a pdf file which is more than 500 pages ...

I set out to make it as compact as possible and yet readable(trying to fit 8 pages into a single sheet of A4 paper) ... in order to create booklets and stitch it into a reference book.

1st operation : created a 2 page pdf file (screenshot attached)

2nd operation : creating a booklet of the 2 per page pdf file ...
output is not desireable as it is not within the confines of an A4 size sheet ... screenshot attached

i assumed this could be because the 2 pages per sheet pdf had the page in a landscape mode ... so i used you pdf shuffler and rotated 90 deg. left to set the pages in landscape to pages in portrait with the 2 page per sheet file ... screen shot attached.

Now i re attempted the booklet out of this file which had 2 pages per sheet in portrait mode hoping i'd get the intended booklet output format ... but unfortunately i get the same un desirable output ... screenshot attached

Can you please help fix this bug ...

the intended output is in the layout where 4 + 4 pages are fitted into a single A4 sheet (front & back) and a readable booklet can be stitched as a reference book.

Please Note that the screen shot attached here is ONLY for illustrative purpose to describe the desired output, it is not an output generated out of your software pdfbooklet ... I DO HOPE AFTER YOU FIXED THE BUG I WOULD BE ABLE TO GENERATE ONE OUT OF YOUR SOFTWARE.

if only the A4 sheet confines were adhered one would get a fantastic booklet with 8 pages printed on a single sheet of A4 paper ...

thanks

[Averell7]

Hello, Aiamuzz,
thanks for the bug report. There is a bug, but not where you think.

It is normal that when you rotate pages in PdfShuffler, it has no effect in PdfBooklet. This is due to the fact that PdfShuffler does not really rotate the data, but only gives an order to the Pdf Reader to rotate the view. So what you experienced is not a bug but a desired feature. I already worked on it, but it is not finished. Presently, I should either suppress the rotating function or add a warning message, or better, finish the job...

What you want to do is possible in PdfBooklet, with a bug which has a workaround.

Your first step : OK
If you want an A4 output, select "no change" in output size.

Second step : just select "Type : calendar" in the options of the booklet, and you get what you want. Right ?
But there is a bug in the output size.
If you select automatic, you will get the disposition you want, but the output is A3. Not really a trouble because your Pdf Reader will resize, if you print on A4.
If you select "no change", you should get what you want, but it does not work. Just try and click update, the result is bad, the output page is still in landscape.
To work around this bug, use the "User defined" option, and set the output to 210 x 297.
Then you get what you want.