Tutorial: Prepare handouts for a presentation
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pdfToolbox – Presentation to Handout-PDFs and to grayscales
Convert a presentation file into PDF and generate a handout file from it. In a second step, convert this handout PDF into black and white in order to save ink or toner on the printing device.
Open "PDFA Presentation.odp"
A PDF file is created from the presentation
8 pages are created from the presentation file as indicated in the lower left corner. You may use the page up and page down cursor keys in order to scroll through the PDF file.
Open pdfToolbox Switchboard and select "Present"
Select Handout
The Handout options window opens
You can select the desired page layout
3 up with space for notes is a good choice.
Click Execute
The Handout PDF is generated
One slide on the first page as selected
Three page with notes on the other pages
Create a black and white version from this layout
Go back to the main Switchboard window and select "Colors".
Select "Convert to B/W"
Click on "Execute"
The PDF is being processed
The black and white first page
And the second page
