# How to Create Booklet Surveys

Source: PaperSurvey.io Help Center
URL: https://www.papersurvey.io/help/printing/article/booklet-surveys

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PaperSurvey supports booklet-style surveys that allow you to create compact, professional questionnaires by folding pages in half. Booklets are easier for respondents to handle and make efficient use of paper, giving your surveys a polished, professional look.

## What Are Booklet Surveys?

Booklet surveys transform standard pages into folded questionnaires. When folded, each page creates two surfaces for questions, making efficient use of paper while providing a more professional appearance.

## Printing Options and Requirements

You have two paper size options for booklet surveys.

### A4 Paper (Most Common)

- Survey is automatically scaled down to A5 format when printed
- Recognition software automatically upscales during processing
- Works with any standard A4 scanner

### A3 Paper

- Creates full-size A4 pages when folded
- **Important**: Requires access to an A3 scanner, or you will need to cut pages in half before scanning

## Creating Your Booklet Survey

Creating a booklet survey is straightforward:

1. Design your survey normally in PaperSurvey
2. Use page breaks to separate content for each booklet page
3. Download the PDF file
4. In your printer settings, set **"Pages per sheet"** to 2
5. Print and fold each page in half

For multi-page booklets, staple pages together for distribution but remember to remove staples before scanning.

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[Image: Booklet printing settings example]

## Scanning and Uploading Booklet Surveys

Since PaperSurvey processes one page at a time, booklet pages need to be split before recognition. You have several options.

### Automatic Splitting (Recommended)

1. **Enable "Booklet scanning"** in general settings to automatically split all uploads for all surveys
2. **Add [a5] to filename** to only split specific files (example: survey_responses_[a5].pdf)

### Manual Splitting

- Cut pages physically with scissors before scanning
- Split pages digitally using PDF editing software

Automatic splitting only works with PDF files. Image files (JPG, PNG) must be split manually.

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[Image: Booklet scanning settings]

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