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Created February 17, 2009 15:43
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Combining 8.5x11 (US Letter) to 11x17 (US Tabloid) for Tufte-style handouts with Pages and Acrobat printer:

  • Create a normal 8.5x11 Pages document
  • Write up your content
  • Page 2 will be the front page, Page 1 will be the back page, rearrange just before printing
  • Print
  • Select Adobe PDF
  • Click the advanced settings drop arrow
  • Select "Paper Handling"
  • Click "Scale to fit paper size"
  • Destination Paper Size -> "Tabloid"
  • Switch to "Layout"
  • Pages per sheet -> 2
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