Newsgroups: comp.text.tex

 > Is their some nice and easy (or even not-so-easy) way to produce a booklet
with LaTeX2e? prefably with A5 pages on A4 sheets

The following approach is for letter paper folded in half, but could be modified for other sizes. Start by creating the document in the size desired, e.g.,

\documentclass[twoside,11pt]{article}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{5.5in}   % half the long dimension
\setlength{\paperheight}{8.5in}
\setlength{\topmargin}{2.8in}
\setlength{\textheight}{6.9in}
\setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.0in}
\setlength{\evensidemargin}{-0.3in}
\setlength{\textwidth}{4.0in}
\begin{document}
etc.

Then run latex/bibtex/makeindex/dvips as usual to generate the ps file (e.g., manual.ps), followed by:

# Reorder pages in booklet order
psbook manual.ps manual1.ps
# Merge pages in 2up landscape format
psnup -pletter -l -s1.0 -2 manual1.ps manual2.ps

Psbook and psnup are part of psutils, which comes with Miktex. Manual2.ps is the result. If not using a duplex printer, print even pages followed by odd using gsview.

Gordon Everstine