PDF 4 PowerPoint Slides On One Sheet?

Barb_H...@adobeforums.com

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Feb 4, 2009, 4:29:01 PM2/4/09

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Hi,
I'm not sure if this forum can help me... I have a 60 slide PowerPoint presentation. I have been requested to save it as a PDF, but with 4 slides on each sheet so it is a 15 page document. Is this possible? Any ideas?

Thanks

Barb

Michael Kazlow

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Feb 4, 2009, 10:32:22 PM2/4/09

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Quite Imposing will do this for you, if you have Acrobat.

Mike

David Creamer

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Feb 5, 2009, 9:45:26 AM2/5/09

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You can also create a handout from PowerPoint with 4 slides per page, then print to PDF.

Barb_H...@adobeforums.com

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Feb 5, 2009, 10:46:15 AM2/5/09

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What is Quite Imposing?

Michael Kazlow

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Feb 5, 2009, 9:45:37 PM2/5/09

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It is a page imposition software. Go to www.quite.com.

Mike

David Creamer

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Feb 6, 2009, 11:25:34 AM2/6/09

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Acrobat 8 & 9 can also print multiple pages to a sheet. Print to the PDF print driver and you have your 4-pages to a sheet file.

In other words, as much as I like Quite Imposing, it is not necessary for this job.

Dov Isaacs

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Feb 6, 2009, 2:42:58 PM2/6/09

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The n-up print features of Acrobat 8 and 9 work very well, but (1) they don't produce a PDF file that can be saved and (2) you have no significant control over how the pages are imposed (such as margins, space between pages, etc.) other than whether or not a frame is printed around each page. For these purposes, imposition software (such as that from Quite Software) is really needed.

- Dov

David Creamer

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Feb 7, 2009, 9:55:41 AM2/7/09

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(1) I created a 4-up PDF from Acrobat by printing to the Adobe PDF print driver before I posted, so it can easily be done.

(2) I did not see any info that the OP needed the amount of control that Quite Imposing provided vs. the expense. Nothing was stated about needing to do a 4-up job for printing-but to simply gang the slides up (possibly for a simple handout). Both PowerPoint and Acrobat can do that without additional software.

Unless the OP provides more info about the purpose of the 4-up, I still say Quite Imposing is overkill for this request (based on the info provided).

Dov Isaacs

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Feb 7, 2009, 5:29:20 PM2/7/09

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Note that "refrying" PDF to create a new PDF file by printing to Adobe PDF is absolutely not recommended by Adobe as the PostScript output by Acrobat (and other Adobe applications) is optimized for printing, not for production of PDF. Furthermore, you lose any live transparency, color management, tagging, etc. that might be in the original PDF file.

Yes, I know that the OP didn't mention any specific needs. And I am not trying to force the OP to license unnecessary software. My comments were for general educational purposes. I often do either 4-up or 6-up printing of presentations (I use InDesign, not PowerPoint) and indeed have found that I do need the level of control of page placement and page numbering capabilities not available via Acrobat's n-up printing facility.

- Dov

David Creamer

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Feb 8, 2009, 1:56:48 PM2/8/09

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Note that "refrying" PDF to create a new PDF file by printing to Adobe
PDF is absolutely not recommended by Adobe as the PostScript output by
Acrobat (and other Adobe applications) is optimized for printing, not
for production of PDF. Furthermore, you lose any live transparency, color
management, tagging, etc. that might be in the original PDF file.

Of course, we are talking about PowerPoint here... <g>