PDF N-Up
Print several PDF pages on one sheet with our PDF N-Up tool. Choose 2, 4, 6, 8 or 9 pages per sheet, A4 or Letter paper and portrait or landscape, and each page is scaled to fit its cell with its proportions and rotation kept. The pages stay sharp vector content with selectable text. A paper saver for handouts, slide decks, proofreading copies and booklets you want to see at a glance.
Frequently asked questions
How do I put several pages on one sheet?
Upload a PDF, choose the pages per sheet, the paper size and the orientation, and click Create N-Up PDF. The result is named after the original with the layout added, such as handout-4-up.pdf.
How are the pages arranged?
Pages fill the sheet from left to right and top to bottom. On a portrait sheet, 2 pages stack in one column, 4 make a 2 by 2 grid, 6 a 2 by 3 grid, 8 a 2 by 4 grid and 9 a 3 by 3 grid; landscape sheets swap columns and rows.
Which orientation should I choose?
Landscape suits 2 portrait pages side by side and slide decks, while portrait suits 4 or 9 portrait pages. Each page is scaled to fit its cell, so a poor match only leaves more white space.
Are the pages scaled or cropped?
Each page is scaled down to fit its cell with its proportions kept and is centered in the cell. The visible area of each page is used, so content outside its crop box stays hidden.
What sizes and margins do the sheets have?
Sheets are A4 (210 by 297 mm) or US Letter (8.5 by 11 inches), with a margin of about 8 mm around the edge and about 4 mm between pages. The last sheet keeps empty cells when the page count does not fill it.
Is the text still sharp and selectable?
Yes. Pages are placed as vector content, not as pictures, so text stays selectable and searchable and prints sharply at any size.
Are rotated pages handled?
Yes. A page that viewers show turned by 90, 180 or 270 degrees is placed the way it appears on screen, not the way it is stored.
What is lost on the sheets?
Links, form fields, comments and other annotations are not placed on the sheets, so filled-in form values do not show; flatten a form first if its values must appear. Bookmarks, attachments and tags are not kept either, while the title and author are.
How large can the PDF be?
The PDF can be up to 10 MB with at most 200 pages, which gives up to 100 sheets at 2 pages per sheet. Encrypted files need their password, except when they only restrict printing or copying.
Are my files stored?
No. The sheets are built in memory for this request and the result is returned directly. Nothing is written to storage on the server.