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Mimiett
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Change Page order

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I really like book binding and would like to print and bind my report. For that to be possible, I need the the pages to be in an entirely different order for print.

So I‘d like to write/use something that keeps the order of my document the same, but in the PDF shows the pages as 1, 8, 3, 6, 2, 7, 4, 5…

I know how to write something that determines the correct page order. But what can I try to actually change the order in the PDF display? Is this possible? How would you start such a project?

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Re: Change Page order

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Hi Mimiett,

welcome to the forum!

You could build your document in the regular way so page numbering and cross-references are fine, and you can use the pdfpages packages to make a new PDF with a different page order. Like building a new small document, load the package, and use \includepdf[pages = {1,8,3}](filename) or \includepdf[pages = {1,8}](filename)\includepdf[pages = {3}](filename)...

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Re: Change Page order

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Thank you!
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