How to Make a Booklet in Word

Microsoft Word is essential for anyone who does any sort of work with documents. Word’s been around for so long, it’s impossible to imagine doing office, school, or any other type of digital work without it.

While most users use only the most basic features that Microsoft Word offers, they don’t realize the capabilities they’re missing out on. Aside from being able to open, view, and edit documents, Word gives you an ability todesign greeting cards,create barcodes, and make your own booklets among many other things.

So, let’s make a booklet in Microsoft Word, both manually and using one of the built-in templates.

Note:The screenshots are from Microsoft Word for macOS.

How to Make a Booklet Using a Word Template

UsingMicrosoft Word templates can save you timeand effort when working on your documents. Whether you’re making a booklet for your school project, or for a popular event in town, you can find the right template inWord’s free templates collectionso that you don’t have to start from scratch.

To make a booklet using Microsoft Word’s templates, follow the steps below.

You can customize the selected template right inside the Word document before you start working on your booklet to fit your needs better.

How to Make a Booklet in Word Manually

If you don’t find the right template, you can create a booklet in Word from scratch using the special booklet page settings – the Book Fold layout. This layout allows you to easily create and print a booklet ready for folding or binding.

To make a booklet in Word manually, follow the steps below.

If when you finish adding content to your booklet, you see that the document is too long, you can split it into multiple booklets and then bind them together after printing. You can select how many pages to print per booklet underMargins>Pages>Sheets per booklet.

How to Print a Booklet in Word

If you used one of Word’s free templates for creating a booklet, printing it out is extremely easy. Booklet templates are designed to make sure the page orientation is correct when you print them on both sides of the paper. All you have to do to print your booklet is to selectFile>Print.

If you choose to make your booklet manually from scratch, you need to check the print settings in advance to make sure you print on both sides of the paper and flip it correctly to keep the right page orientation.

After you selectFile>Print, check if your printer supports automatic printing on both sides. In that case, underSettingsselectPrint on Both Sides. Then selectFlip pages on short edgeto make sure you don’t print the second side of each page upside down.

If your printer doesn’t support automatic printing on both sides, selectManually Print on Both Sidesand put the pages back into the printer manually when needed. In this case you’ll have to flip the sheets on the short edge yourself to keep the right page orientation.

Make Your Own Booklets in Word from Scratch

When you know your way around Microsoft Word, you can truly get creative with it and use the software to do more than just open and edit text documents. Aside from making your own greeting cards and booklets, you can also use Word to practice drawing and improving your artistic skills.

Have you ever used Word for creating booklets before? Which method did you use? Share your Microsoft Word knowledge with us in the comments below.

Anya is a freelance technology writer. Originally from Russia, she is currently a full-time Remote Worker and Digital Nomad. With a background in Journalism, Language Studies, and Technical Translation, Anya couldn’t imagine her life and work without using modern technology on a daily basis. Always looking out for new ways to make her life and location-independent lifestyle easier, she hopes to share her experiences as a tech- and internet-addict through her writing.Read Anya’s Full Bio

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