On 15 mars 2012, at 14:26, John Hendy wrote: > So are you just looking for something to automate this? It seems that > the generation of the beamer slides themselves are the hard part and, > as you say, it would be pretty easy to tweak the resultant .tex file > to give you handouts. Would that work?
Yes, this is what I'm currently doing. More precisely, I - copy the tex file to another name - edit the prelude > You can add LaTeX class options to org-mode, and so you could export > once for the beamer presentation and then export again with the > handout class option added? > > #+latex_class_options: [handout] > > which produces: > > \documentclass[handout]{beamer} > > in the resultant file. Yes. When I don't want it anymore, I can remove it. But I'd rather keep it for next time. Is there a way to comment out a local setup line? (Add an extra '#' at the beginning?) > I haven't made handouts before, but this email got me interested. It > seems that all this option does is "flatten" the transitions and > overlays and whatnot? From there it seems one still needs to do > something to the file to layout the handouts n-up on a page. Yes, what I'm doing is this (using a package described here http://www.guidodiepen.nl/2009/07/creating-latex-beamer-handouts-with-notes/): #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{handoutWithNotes} #+LaTeX_HEADER: \pgfpagesuselayout{3 on 1 with notes}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm] #+LaTeX_HEADER: \renewcommand\pgfsetupphysicalpagesizes{% #+LaTeX_HEADER: \pdfpagewidth\pgfphysicalwidth\pdfpageheight\pgfphysicalheight% #+LaTeX_HEADER: } (The last 3 lines are for xelatex compatibility.) > Just use a new document to layout the handouts how you want? I also > stumbled upon pdfjam, which looks like it aims to accomplish this step > more easily: > http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/firth/software/pdfjam > > They have this example: > --- > A useful application of pdfjam is for producing a handout from a file > of presentation slides. For slides made with the standard 4:3 aspect > ratio a nice 6-up handout on A4 paper can be made by > > pdfjam --nup 2x3 --frame true --noautoscale false --delta "0.2cm 0.3cm" \ > --scale 0.95 myslides.pdf --outfile myhandout.pdf > --- Thanks for the suggestion. I could use that as well indeed. Alan