I’m struggling with what should be an extremely simple concept. We are developing a booklet for the wedding that will either be 4 or 8 pages folded neatly to create a pamphlet. Now on the surface this eems like a simple thing. We are printing these front to back. Everything on the internet says that you need to print pages 8 and 1 on the first page. 2 and 7 will be the second page. 6-3 will be the third printed page and 4-5 the last side. So I did that. Then I folded the pages.
6 was where 3 ought to be. I have no idea why.
Either the entire internet is wrong about this or I’ve lost my mind and my way in how this is assembled. I want to be the wrong one here. I am going to try it again tomorrow, with my mind being set on understanding why the heck it is not working as it should. It feels like the way the universe insists is dead wrong. What I saw was dead wrong. So, where did I screw up? How does page 6 wind up at the front of the book and 3 at the end? The reversal is pure madness.
On a brighter note, I got a wedding booklet in printable shape in two days. Yay me! Also finished and submitted that pesky novel, so there’s that….