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How-To create booklets using Microsoft Office Word 2010 and make easy to print booklets from word documents.

Whether you are working on a school project or creating advertising materials, a decent booklet can come in handy and inspire the wow factor. Using Microsoft Word 2010, you can create professional-looking booklets and print them out yourself (assuming you have a decent printer). With just a few simple clicks. It's that simple.

Note: If you are using a new version of Word check out one of the following articles:

How to Create and Print Booklets using Word 2013

How to Create and Print Booklets using Word 2016

Honestly, the only real work is coming up with the content, as Word will automatically print each page in the correct order with proper placement on the paper. Before you get booklet fever and go on a creative spree, first, we need to set up the page layout. Using booklet mode, Word 2010 will essentially shrink each page like it's folded in half. We'll talk more about the layout in step 3 below. Let's get started!

How-To Create Booklets Using Microsoft Word 2010

1. Click File, then Print, and at the bottom of the list, click Page Setup.

Micosoft Word 2010 Screenshot select the file > print menu from the backdrop and then click page setup in word 2010

2. In the Page Setup window, click the Margins tab. Then under Multiple pages, select Book fold from the drop menu. Under Sheets, either select All or the exact amount of pages you plan on having. Be sure to set the gutter to a small margin. The gutter determines the space between your page content and the fold in the middle of the paper where you typically bind pages together.

use the word 2010 page setup to change the layout settings to get ready to make a booklet

3. Create your booklet content, but keep in mind that content will print differently than a regular document. Page 1 and 4 will be printed on the same side, as Page 2 and 3 will be on the opposite side. Each page size shrinks to the scale of half a regular page in landscape mode. The image below should help illustrate.

Micosoft Word 2010 Screenshot creating a booklet in microsoft word 2010 can be a little tricky but this diagram should help

4. When you are ready to print, click File then Print, and change the printing preference to the correct setting for your printer. For example, if your printer can automatically re-feed printed documents, use one of the Print on Both Sides settings. If your printer requires you to manually re-insert your paper, select Manually Print on Both Sides.

Micosoft Word 2010 Screenshot adjust your print settings to print on both sides

Now you can continue adding pages and design your booklet to be as large as you like. Don't forget that the larger you make your booklet, the larger you'll need to make the Gutter, so page content doesn't get lost in the cracks when you bind them together.

Micosoft Word 2010 Screenshot create multi page booklet easily with microsoft word 2010