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In most newspapers and magazines, the booklet-like format is accomplished by folding large sheets of paper in half. This allows the pages to be opened like a book. Sometimes, usually only in magazines, the pages are [[stapleStaple (fastener)|stapled]] or [[stichedstitch (textile arts)|stitch]]ed at the fold to hold the pages together.

Under this technique, each sheet of paper is actually four seperateseparate pages of the finished product. Two pages appear next to each other on the front of the sheet, with the other two likewise on the reverse side. Each time an additional sheet is added, the publication gains four additional pages. Because of this, most newspapers and publications are printed with page multiples of four.

This creates a rather confusing arrangement of pages. For example, in a 16 -page newspaper, which uses 4 sheets of paper, the pages are arranged as follows:

* SHEET A FRONT: Pages 116 and 161

On a typical newspaper page, there is a margin on all four sides, say 1 [[ inch]] all around. Obviously you don't want print running right against the edge of the paper, but you also don't want print to run into the fold or where the publication might be stapled. However, when the two pages meet in the middle like 8 and 9 in our example, this isn't a concern because both pages appear right next to each other and lie relatively flat.