http://www.townx.org/better_pdfs_from_openoffice_org_impress Comments for "Better PDFs from OpenOffice.org Impress" en http://www.townx.org/better_pdfs_from_openoffice_org_impress <p>I've written previously about <a href="http://townx.org/squeezing_a_pdf_onto_fewer_pages">squeezing a <span class="caps">PDF </span>onto fewer pages</a> and <a href="http://townx.org/openoffice_impress_printing_slides">printing from Impress</a>. Here are my new, improved instructions, which produce a <span class="caps">PDF </span>with 4 rows of slides, 1 column across, per A4 page, with a left-hand margin (to enable binding) and a right-hand space for making notes. You still need the <strong>pdfjam</strong> package on Ubuntu.</p> <ol> <li>Export from Impress as a <span class="caps">PDF </span>(e.g. to 1_intro.pdf)</li> <li>pdfnup --orient portrait --nup 1&#215;4 --outfile 1_intro_squeezed.pdf --paper a4paper --frame True --delta "0cm 0.25cm" --offset "-4cm 0cm" 1_intro.pdf</li> <li>lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge 1_intro_squeezed.pdf</li> </ol> <p>I've also written a batch script to do this to a whole directory of Impress files without needing to start OpenOffice.org, but it was something of a faff. I used <a href="http://codesnippets.services.openoffice.org/Office/Office.ConvertDocuments.snip">this code</a> as a base. If anyone is interested (it is a bit of a twisted series of events which led to my solution), leave a comment and I will elucidate.</p> http://www.townx.org/better_pdfs_from_openoffice_org_impress#comments howtos Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:37:00 -0500 elliot 367 at http://www.townx.org