Convert PowerPoint to PDF Notes

Convert PowerPoint to PDF with Custom Slide Size

The following example shows how to convert a presentation to a PDF notes document with custom slide size. Where each inch equals 72.

// Instantiate a Presentation object that represents a presentation file
Presentation presIn = new Presentation("SelectedSlides.pptx");
Presentation presOut = new Presentation();
try {
    ISlide slide = presIn.getSlides().get_Item(0);
    presOut.getSlides().insertClone(0, slide);
    
    // Setting Slide Type and Size
    presOut.getSlideSize().setSize(612F, 792F,SlideSizeScaleType.EnsureFit);
        
    PdfOptions pdfOptions = new PdfOptions();
    pdfOptions.getNotesCommentsLayouting().setNotesPosition(NotesPositions.BottomFull);

    presOut.save("PDF-SelectedSlide.pdf", SaveFormat.Pdf, pdfOptions);
} finally {
    if (presIn != null) presIn.dispose();
    if (presOut != null) presOut.dispose();
}

Convert PowerPoint to PDF in Notes Slide View

The Save method exposed by Presentation class can be used to convert the whole presentation in Notes Slide view to PDF. The code snippets below update the sample presentation to PDF in Notes Slide view.

Presentation pres = new Presentation("presentation.pptx");
try {
    PdfOptions pdfOptions = new PdfOptions();
    pdfOptions.getNotesCommentsLayouting().setNotesPosition(NotesPositions.BottomFull);

    pres.save(resourcesOutputPath+"PDF-Notes.pdf", SaveFormat.Pdf, pdfOptions);
} finally {
    if (pres != null) pres.dispose();
}
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