K
Krencil
I would like to have six slides per page and convert to a pdf file so that
the slides print six per page.
the slides print six per page.
D
David M. Marcovitz
Do you have the full version of Acrobat that allows you to write PDF
files? If so, you can print normally, but in the Print dialog under Print
what, choose Handouts and 6 slides per page. Also, choose Acrobat
Distiller as your printer.
--David
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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
files? If so, you can print normally, but in the Print dialog under Print
what, choose Handouts and 6 slides per page. Also, choose Acrobat
Distiller as your printer.
--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
B
Bill Foley
You can do this within PowerPoint. Click "File", "Print", in the "Print
What" dropdown select "Handouts". Change the number of slides dropdown to 6
and print it out.
What" dropdown select "Handouts". Change the number of slides dropdown to 6
and print it out.
L
Linda
I want to save the six slides per page format so that when I convert to pdf
that's the way it will appear.
that's the way it will appear.
L
Linda
Yes, I have the full version. I need to have a pdf document that contains
the following:
title page
slides (6 per page)
another title page
slides (6 per page)
instruction sheet
The person that I am sending this too would then be able to print this
handout material exactly as is should be put together. When they print, the
slides would already be six per page.
the following:
title page
slides (6 per page)
another title page
slides (6 per page)
instruction sheet
The person that I am sending this too would then be able to print this
handout material exactly as is should be put together. When they print, the
slides would already be six per page.
D
David M. Marcovitz
Do what Bill said and choose the Acrobat Distiller as your printer in the
print dialogue box. This, of course, assumes you have Adobe Acrobat, not
just Adobe Acrobat Reader. Acrobat is the actual tool for creating PDF
documents, and when used in this way, it behaves like a printer, except
it creates a PDF file instead of actually printing anything.
--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
print dialogue box. This, of course, assumes you have Adobe Acrobat, not
just Adobe Acrobat Reader. Acrobat is the actual tool for creating PDF
documents, and when used in this way, it behaves like a printer, except
it creates a PDF file instead of actually printing anything.
--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
D
David M. Marcovitz
This wil take a bit of work with Adobe Acrobat, but it is not too
difficult. What you want to do is create each of the parts as separate
PDF documents. That is, use the instructions to save one presentation in
the 6 slides per page handout format, and do the same for the other. Use
Word (or whatever, even PowerPoint, I suppose) to create title pages and
save each of those as PDF documents. Now open the first title page in
Acrobat and look for the option to insert another PDF document. Do this
for each of the files and save it. I haven't done this for a while, but
as I recall, the trick is making sure you insert the stuff in the right
place (there are various options, including after the current page,
before the current page, after the whole document, and before the whole
document).
Bottom line: do the merging of the files in Acrobat. If you try to get
PowerPoint to do, you are likely to be frustrated. It is pretty easy in
Acrobat.
--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
difficult. What you want to do is create each of the parts as separate
PDF documents. That is, use the instructions to save one presentation in
the 6 slides per page handout format, and do the same for the other. Use
Word (or whatever, even PowerPoint, I suppose) to create title pages and
save each of those as PDF documents. Now open the first title page in
Acrobat and look for the option to insert another PDF document. Do this
for each of the files and save it. I haven't done this for a while, but
as I recall, the trick is making sure you insert the stuff in the right
place (there are various options, including after the current page,
before the current page, after the whole document, and before the whole
document).
Bottom line: do the merging of the files in Acrobat. If you try to get
PowerPoint to do, you are likely to be frustrated. It is pretty easy in
Acrobat.
--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
J
John O
David's given you a great process, and I regularly do something similar as
my Ppt book 'title pages' are created in a different app altogether.
As an alternative, maybe this could all be done in Word. Do File > Send to >
Word, and you end up with the slide thumbnails in a table. You can
manipulate the thumbnails and the table as much as you desire, such as drag
and drop the thumbnails into proper cells, and delete or add columns as
necessary. (Tables are powerful!) Use Word to create the title pages, by
taking advantage of page breaks (don't use 35 empty paragraphs to space the
title and force stuff to page 2....but that's just a personal pet peeve
).
Then you can print to PDF, or even send the Word doc. However, the Word doc
will be bigger than you expect. Do come back and ask how to make it smaller
if you choose this alternative approach.
-John O
my Ppt book 'title pages' are created in a different app altogether.
As an alternative, maybe this could all be done in Word. Do File > Send to >
Word, and you end up with the slide thumbnails in a table. You can
manipulate the thumbnails and the table as much as you desire, such as drag
and drop the thumbnails into proper cells, and delete or add columns as
necessary. (Tables are powerful!) Use Word to create the title pages, by
taking advantage of page breaks (don't use 35 empty paragraphs to space the
title and force stuff to page 2....but that's just a personal pet peeve
).Then you can print to PDF, or even send the Word doc. However, the Word doc
will be bigger than you expect. Do come back and ask how to make it smaller
if you choose this alternative approach.
-John O