I know we're not supposed to discuss these Library posts. What I have to offer is two
observations that go along with the booklet.
First, it's a little ironic that a booklet that was intended for "non-Catholics" in 1942 is
now appropriate for "new order Catholics" in 2012. This means that in the course of
70 years the majority of Catholics have become, as it were, non-Catholics.
Second, if this file was made most useful for the purpose of printing booklets, it
would be set up to make two-sided prints on 8-1/2 x 11 sheets, divided in half,
making a booklet of 5 x 8-1/2, folded in half. A booklet of this format has 4 pages
per leaf. You can have a 4-page booklet, or an 8-page booklet, 12-page, 16-page,
20-page, etc. Each leaf comprises 4 pages. So this would be a 20-page booklet,
with pages 19 and 20 blank. The images for each page should be aligned so that
on the reverse side of the leaf (sheet of paper) the two images are exactly opposite
the two images on the front side of the leaf.
The first leaf would have page 20 on the left half of the leaf, and page 1 on the right;
on the reverse side it would have p. 2 on the left half and p. 19 on the right half.
The second leaf has p. 18 on the left half and p. 3 on the right half; on the reverse
side it has p. 4 on the left and p. 17 on the right.
The third leaf has p. 16 on the left half and p. 5 on the right; on the reverse side it
has p. 6 on the left and p. 15 on the right.
The fourth leaf has p. 14 on the left half and p. 7 on the right; on the reverse side it
has p. 8 on the left half and p. 13 on the right.
The fifth leaf has p. 12 on the left half and p. 9 on the right; on the reverse side it
has p. 10 on the left half and p. 11 on the right half.
When you've printed all 5 leaves, you fold them over in the middle and then
staple the fold, or sew it with needle and thread, each stitch at least 1 inch long
between needle piercings. Sewing is actually better. The best books have sewn
bindings. Finally, trim the perimeter to make the pages all neatly aligned, and you
have a real booklet, about 5-1/4" x 8-1/4". If you want it to be really durable, you
can laminate the first leaf before binding, or else just cover it with strips of clear
packing tape, perhaps folding the edges of the tape over the leaf edges so that all
the outside corners of the booklet are protected from wear due to handling. This
simple tape method holds up for 30 years or more, depending on the quality of
the adhesive and the material of the tape. If you choose to laminate, I suggest
trimming the first leaf about 3/16" all around, so that your finished size will be
same as the interior pages, but you will have an eighth inch of laminate beyond
the paper edge, to keep the laminations intact, or less likely to separate with use.