How to center-staple a book with a regular stapler

If you do not have a long-arm stapler or saddle stapler available, you can center-staple with a regular stapler.

1. Put some newspapers into a pile that is thicker than the length of the staple prongs.

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2. Open the book you wish to staple on top of the newspapers and place it face down.

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3. Open the stapler.

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4. Staple through the center fold of the book into the newspapers.

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5. Put in all the staples required, then pull the book away from the newspapers and turn it over. The staple prongs will be sticking up.

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6. Fold the staple prongs down with something hard and flat.

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7. Place a piece of blank scrap paper on top of the staple prongs and hammer the prongs tightly closed. The paper keeps the hammer from making the book dirty.

   Tip:	Hammer on the newspaper pile so you do not ruin the tabletop.

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• Stapling a book together

• Task module: How to center-staple a book with a regular stapler
• In task module: Stapling a book together
• In task module: Binding a book
• 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

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