Libre Impress - Export Notes Pages to PDF

users
#1

I'm wondering if there is a way to export notes pages only. Back in the world
of powerpoint I could export a presentation as Notes pages. The reader would
get the powerpoint slide and all the notes behind it.

The best I managed since switching to Libre is to export the notes pages
after the presentation itself. So the recipient gets two copies of the
presentation. Once without notes and once with them. I would prefer just to
get the presentation with notes pages. Is there anyway to achieve this?

This document illustrates the problem
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3382845/08_-_Sprint_Completition.pdf
08_-_Sprint_Completition.pdf

Thanks
Mark Levison

#2

I don't see that there is any facility to Export the notes alone to PDF. You can *print* just the notes, of course: there is a "Print content" section in the Print dialogue, and one option is Notes. If you need a PDF file instead of printed pages, one workaround would be to obtain a virtual PDF printer for your system and then to use the Print functionality to create such files. Free versions of such virtual PDF printer software are available. Another option would be to obtain PDF editing software (again available in free versions) and to use this to strip out from the PDF file exported from Impress just the pages you wanted.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

#3

Brian - thanks that helps. That's probably the best work around. Sadly it
also confirms just how much I'm coming to dislike Impress.

Cheers
Mark

#4

I'm wondering if there is a way to export notes pages only. Back in
the world of powerpoint I could export a presentation as Notes
pages. The reader would get the powerpoint slide and all the notes behind it.

Which version of PowerPoint? I do not find this option in PP MSO 2002
(only other version I have is PP MSO 95). I ony find:
Print what:
  Slides
  Handouts
  Notes Pages
  Outline View
(all of which are also avaliable with LO 3.3.4 and LO 3.4.3.)

I also don't find any option to 'export notes pages only'. But mine are
pretty old versions, so perhaps MicroSoft added this feature later on?
The only thing I found was a macro to do this[1], or the suggestion to
sent the presentation to Word[2].

The best I managed since switching to Libre is to export the notes
pages after the presentation itself. So the recipient gets two
copies of the presentation. Once without notes and once with them. I
would prefer just to get the presentation with notes pages. Is there
anyway to achieve this?

This document illustrates the problem
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/file/n3382845/08_-_Sprint_Completition.pdf
08_-_Sprint_Completition.pdf

I don't see that there is any facility to Export the notes alone to
PDF. You can *print* just the notes, of course: there is a "Print
content" section in the Print dialogue, and one option is Notes.

Brian, I think you are checking with OOo. LO (in linux & Windows) has:

File>Print>Print: Document

OOo has:
File>Print>Print content: Content

Both have: Slides, Handouts, Notes, Outline. If you select notes then
you get both a small version of the slide with the notes printed
underneath. This is the same as those in 08_-_Sprint_Completition.pdf.
And exactly the same in my version of MSO PowerPoint 2002.

Or am I missing something/missunderstanding?

If
you need a PDF file instead of printed pages, one workaround would be
to obtain a virtual PDF printer for your system and then to use the
Print functionality to create such files. Free versions of such
virtual PDF printer software are available. Another option would be
to obtain PDF editing software (again available in free versions) and
to use this to strip out from the PDF file exported from Impress just
the pages you wanted.

I think that the best option at this point. But it would certainly be a
nice feature to be able to export just the notes pages etc., directly
from 'File|Export as PDF' when _only_ the 'Export notes pages' is ticked.

However I'm still confused regarding the "The reader would get the
powerpoint slide and all the notes behind it" part, as I've only known
PP to print the notes _under_ the slide.

I trust this helps.

Brian Barker

[1]
http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00481.htm
[2]
<http://www.techtalkz.com/microsoft-office-powerpoint/469563-export-notes-powerpoint-text-file.html>

#5

Aargh! Whoops: you might be right! Sorry. Thanks for the correction.

Brian Barker