How to use N-up PDF: several pages per sheet
- Choose the PDF.
- Pick how many pages to place on each sheet and the sheet size.
- Select Combine pages and download the new PDF.
Several pages on one sheet
Printing slides, handouts, reading packs or long reports one page per sheet uses a lot of paper. N-up printing puts several pages on each sheet, scaled down to fit: two side by side on a landscape sheet, or four, six or nine on a portrait sheet. This tool makes a new PDF laid out that way, so you can print it on any printer, share it, or keep it as a compact reference.
Choose A4 or US Letter for the sheets. Pages are placed in reading order, left to right and then top to bottom, each scaled to fit its cell without stretching and centred in it, with a small margin around the sheet and a gap between pages.
Sharp text, smaller files
The original pages are placed onto the new sheets as vector content, not as pictures. Text stays crisp at any zoom and can still be selected and searched, and the new file is usually about the same size as the original rather than larger.
Choosing a layout
Two pages per sheet keeps text readable at normal size and suits documents and books. Four per sheet works well for slide decks and handouts with notes space. Six and nine per sheet are best for overviews, storyboards, or checking a long document's layout at a glance; small print becomes hard to read at that size, so try a test print first. If your pages have wide margins, crop them first with Crop PDF so each page fills more of its cell.
Private by design
The layout happens in your browser, using pdf-lib and pdf.js, open-source libraries that run on your device. Your PDF is never uploaded, so contracts, statements and personal documents stay on your computer. Nothing is stored after you close the tab, and there is no account, watermark or file limit.
It works offline once the page has loaded, in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone. Because nothing is sent to a server, results appear as fast as your device can produce them, even for long documents.
Questions
- Is my PDF uploaded?
- No. The PDF is processed in your browser and never leaves your device.
- How are the pages arranged?
- In reading order, left to right then top to bottom, each scaled to fit its cell and centred. Two pages per sheet use a landscape sheet, side by side; the others use a portrait sheet.
- Does the text stay sharp?
- Yes. The original pages are placed as vector content, not as pictures, so text stays crisp and selectable at any zoom.