Booklet printing in Pages

The instructions:

ignore the numbers-

1. In the Pages pop-up menu, choose Layout.
2. In the Two-Sided pop-up menu, choose Booklet.

Do not match what the program presents or allows.

The screen shot is what appears after selecting Layout and clicking the option for 2 sided printing. There is no Two-Sided pop-up menu. At the bottom of the window there is a pop-up menu that shows PDF and drops down to offer several options including Create Booklet. When I select that option a small window appears that says it is creating a booklet and with a rapid scroll of pages being process. That then disappears as does the print window. I have been unable to find the booklet that I might have just created and there is no longer any print option apparently open. Following the trite definition of insanity I have done this several times hoping for but not expecting different results.

But thanks for the suggestion.

Well, no joy in any of the various configurations. I used Preview to open and print, I used Pages to open Preview and Print and I used Pages to Print. The best outcomes were the pages were in the correct order but alternated upside down.

As you can see from these SS the only location for booklet is at the bottom. And there remains disparities between youor screen shots and mine. The challenge is interesting but I'll be recycling a lot of paper.

One more thing. If you send a notice and only offer two buttons that are of a positive nature that means that if the information was not helpful then the respondent must then find a way around a choice of either helpful or problem solved when neither may be appropriate. Try something like no cigar, try again, or something else that indicates there is more to be done.

Thanks

In that spot there are three options: off, long edge binding and short edge binding.

there is only one place I’ve found that contains the word booklet and that is the place I have previously described.

At the bottom of the screen shot is a drop down menu bar just wide enough to contain “PDF” and a down arrow. When I put the cursor on that several options are revealed and towards the bottom one option is “Create booklet”. When I click on that a wide window that is not very high opens. Text shows “Creating Booklet “ and a rapid counting of the pages shows the progress at the completion of that both that window and the Print window disappear and I am looking at my document and it shows absolutely nothing to indicate that anything has happened or changed since I went to file>print. I’ve had no success getting a screen shot of the drop down menu under PDF or the progress screen for create a booklet. If I can capture that I will submit it.

I stopped using MS Office a few years ago after being assured Pages could fulfill my needs. Tomorrow I will load Office on my new Mac Book Pro and see how that works. I am curious as to why the documentation for Pages describes something that is not my reality on screen. Perhaps I am misunderstanding what is said but I think my screen shot shows that there is difference between was the instructions say and what appears on screen.

thanks for your efforts.

Thanks for your input.

My version of Pages is version 11.1 (7031.0.102) and the Copyright shows 2005-2021 so I have no clue as to an answer for your question. I will offer this, the print menu that I get is from clicking File>Print in Pages. I see that Create Booklet 2 is $19.99 and that would be a good deal if it works. I'll keep that in mind while I try to do this without buying anything else beyond Microsoft Office.

At no place have I found anything that states that booklets can ONLY be printed from PDF's but I'm beginning to think that may be the case. If so perhaps saving the Pages document as a PDF may be helpful.

I did the Spotlight search and only one came up that I created yesterday by saving my document as a PDF. SO no joy.Thanks,

The Adobe Acrobat Reader DC did the trick - pages printed in order and they all had the correct vertical orientation. Now I need to tweak the Pages documents to get a better fit on the booklet pages.

Many thanks, domo arigato gozaimas, mil gracias!

Thanks. If I pursue this any further and get a resolution I'll post it.

Thanks

I'll try this suggestion from Woodenbookend later. But for now Thanks