Will the text still be readable?

At 2-up and 4-up on A4, comfortably. At 9-up and above you are producing a reference sheet rather than something to read at arm's length — useful for finding a page, less useful for working from it.

Can I put pages side by side like a book spread?

Yes, that is 2-up in landscape. Set the layout to 2-up and the output orientation to landscape and you get the facing-page look printers call an imposition.

Does the original page size matter?

Only for the aspect ratio. Mixed-size documents are each scaled to fit their cell, so a mixed A4 and Letter document will show slightly different margins per cell but nothing will be cropped.

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About N-Up PDF

N-Up places several pages onto one sheet — two, four, six, nine or sixteen per side — scaling each down to fit a grid. The page order is preserved reading left to right, top to bottom, and a border around each page is one tick away.

The imposition is calculated and rendered in your browser, so the document is never uploaded to a print service to be rearranged.

How to use N-Up PDF

Load the PDF you want to condense.
Choose the layout — 2-up for a side-by-side spread, 4-up for a quarter grid, higher counts for contact-sheet density.
Tick Draw page borders if the pages need a visible separation.
Export the condensed document and open it to check the text is still readable at that scale.

On a production

Nine call sheets to a page makes a week's schedule readable at a glance on the wall of the production office. Four script pages to a sheet halves what a runner carries. Neither is about saving paper so much as making the document a different, more scannable object.

Frequently asked questions

Will the text still be readable?: At 2-up and 4-up on A4, comfortably. At 9-up and above you are producing a reference sheet rather than something to read at arm's length — useful for finding a page, less useful for working from it.
Can I put pages side by side like a book spread?: Yes, that is 2-up in landscape. Set the layout to 2-up and the output orientation to landscape and you get the facing-page look printers call an imposition.
Does the original page size matter?: Only for the aspect ratio. Mixed-size documents are each scaled to fit their cell, so a mixed A4 and Letter document will show slightly different margins per cell but nothing will be cropped.