@Gary and @others

I felt peculiar that side-by-side printing seems so off within Xara, where it proclaims it is a DTP solution.

Xara comes with an A4 double page spread Template. It can be described as two bits of paper taped together with no mention of crayons or pens. It is next to useless.

Here is an alternative:
  1. Open the A4 1-Column Template.
  2. In Options > Page Size:
    • Paper: tick Double-page.
    • Page: untick Show page shadow.

  3. Clone the bottom bar.
    • Drag to the right-hand page and position as the first.
    • Set to repeat on all pages.

  4. Select the right-hand bottom bar:
    • Insert > Page number - Centred / First page is 1.
    • On the left-hand page, delete the original '-1-'.

  5. File > Save Template:
    • Pick A4 double page spread Template.

All this does not meet Gary's need of printing out his pages side-by-side.
What you get is a Preview of side-by-side.
If you think setting Web Properties > Export > Viewer options > PDF download will work then the PDF created is single A4 pages all the way down.

In some ways, it is better as you can see the side-by-side layout clearly if you have a reasonable monitor; I have a 2560px wide one so side-by-side A4 is well met.

Here is my Template: A4 double page spread.xar

To get the side-by-side printing working, these are the needed steps:
  • Options > Page > Print/export: Whole page.
  • Where you have an A3 printer, File > Print > Printer:
    • Click the Printer button:
      • Paper: pick A3 & Landscape.

  • Xara's PDF download now works as well.

If you have this there is no need to print as PDF, you have Preview and Print download built-in.

Do note this Thread is about printing out Xara pages as PDF locally, not what a commercial printer-setter might do or use.
Discussion needs to meet the KISS principle.

Acorn