Export PDF with presenter notes (Handouts)

[timlockridge]

Is there a way to export a PDF with Presenter Notes from VS Code?

This closed PR had a feature like it. Is exporting to PPT (via the CLI) the only way to get speaker notes to display?

[yhatt]

We've cancelled once the support of a printable layout with the slide and note because there was no requests for notes from user at that time.

We are just not yet preferring to work for it but may take back it if recieved more requests.

[simonmaris]

I think export as annotations to the current slide/pdf page would be the ideal here..

That way they could be displayed as actual speaker notes with tools like pdfpc, while also being available in most pdf viewers.

[StefanZander]

I also find this feature very useful, in particular when using for educational material in which supplemental content or information can be provided to students in form of notes.

Students thus have the main slide(s) together with additional information.
I have seen such a style at an HCI-MIT-course and find it very useful.

It would be great if we have such an option in marp.

[yhatt]

Let me make clear the goal because of definitions of "PDF with presenter notes" seem to be different depending on people.

• Handouts (PowerPoint style: The goal of this issue)
• Show presenter notes together with each pages in side-by-side (LaTeX Beamer style)
• Embed annotations to PDF

I'll regard this issue as for handouts.

Anyway exporting PDF is the task for Marp CLI so I'll move the ticket into marp-team/marp-cli.

[yhatt]

• Embed annotations to PDF

By working at #369, it will be added as --pdf-notes option. Presenter notes as PDF annotations can see while presenting by using supported tools such as pympress.

Apart from this, the handout template is still on the roadmap.