How to collate pages

No matter what system of collating or binding you use to put together a book, it is very important to check that all the pages are accounted for and arranged correctly before binding.

Before and after you collate pages, you need to check for the following:

• Upside-down pages
• Blank pages
• Doubled pages
• Missing pages
• Correct sequence of pages

1. Stack the printed pages together in numerical or chronological order.

   Example:

   Put all copies of the first page in one stack. Put all copies of the second page in the next stack. Repeat this stacking procedure with each page of the book.

2. Place the stacks of pages in order on a table.
3. Walk around the table and pick up one sheet from each stack.

   Example:

   Begin with the first page, then continue by putting each consecutive page under the stack in your hand, or Begin with the last page and put succeeding pages on top of the stack in your hand.

   Tip:	It works well to have several people check the collated pages once again before binding them, following each other around the table.

   See:	Binding a book

• Putting together a book

• Task module: How to collate pages
• In task module: Putting together a book, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Diane Wroge (contributor)
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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