From ea7f5627857e46726429167e5edebf8ccb97133d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guillem Hernandez Sola <guillem.hernandez.sola@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:01:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pdf with notes

---
 file-management/pdf-with-notes.py | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 file-management/pdf-with-notes.py

diff --git a/file-management/pdf-with-notes.py b/file-management/pdf-with-notes.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/file-management/pdf-with-notes.py
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+import os
+import re
+from pptx import Presentation
+from fpdf import FPDF
+from fpdf.enums import XPos, YPos
+
+# Define the PDF layout and styling
+class NotesPDF(FPDF):
+    def header(self):
+        self.set_font("Helvetica", "B", 12)
+        self.set_text_color(100, 100, 100)
+        self.cell(0, 10, "Presentation Slides & Notes", align="C", new_x=XPos.LMARGIN, new_y=YPos.NEXT)
+        self.ln(5)
+
+    def footer(self):
+        self.set_y(-15)
+        self.set_font("Helvetica", "I", 8)
+        self.set_text_color(150, 150, 150)
+        self.cell(0, 10, f"Page {self.page_no()}", align="C")
+
+def clean_text_for_fpdf(text):
+    """Replaces unsupported Unicode characters with standard Latin-1 equivalents."""
+    if not text:
+        return ""
+    
+    replacements = {
+        '\u2018': "'", '\u2019': "'", '\u201c': '"', '\u201d': '"',
+        '\u2013': "-", '\u2014': "--", '\u2022': "*", '\u2026': "...",
+        '\u00A0': " ", '\u2122': "TM", '\u00a9': "(c)", '\u00ae': "(R)"
+    }
+    for search, replace in replacements.items():
+        text = text.replace(search, replace)
+    
+    return text.encode('latin-1', 'ignore').decode('latin-1')
+
+def find_slide_image(images_folder, slide_num):
+    """Smartly searches for an image file matching the slide number."""
+    if not os.path.exists(images_folder):
+        return None
+        
+    for filename in os.listdir(images_folder):
+        # Check if it's an image file
+        if filename.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg')):
+            # Extract all numbers from the filename
+            numbers = re.findall(r'\d+', filename)
+            # If the last number in the filename matches our slide number, we found it!
+            if numbers and int(numbers[-1]) == slide_num:
+                return os.path.join(images_folder, filename)
+    return None
+
+def create_handout_pdf(pptx_path, images_folder, output_pdf):
+    print(f"Reading presentation: {pptx_path}...")
+    
+    try:
+        prs = Presentation(pptx_path)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error loading PPTX: {e}")
+        return
+
+    pdf = NotesPDF()
+    pdf.set_auto_page_break(auto=True, margin=15)
+
+    for i, slide in enumerate(prs.slides):
+        slide_num = i + 1
+        pdf.add_page()
+        
+        # 1. Smartly find and place the Slide Image
+        img_path = find_slide_image(images_folder, slide_num)
+            
+        if img_path:
+            # A4 width is ~210mm. 170mm width leaves 20mm margins on each side.
+            pdf.image(img_path, x=20, w=170)
+            pdf.ln(5) 
+        else:
+            pdf.set_font("Helvetica", "B", 12)
+            pdf.set_text_color(255, 0, 0)
+            pdf.cell(0, 10, f"[Slide {slide_num} Image Missing - Check 'images' folder]", new_x=XPos.LMARGIN, new_y=YPos.NEXT)
+            pdf.ln(5)
+        
+        # 2. Extract and Place the Notes
+        pdf.set_font("Helvetica", "B", 14)
+        pdf.set_text_color(0, 0, 0)
+        pdf.cell(0, 10, f"Notes - Slide {slide_num}:", new_x=XPos.LMARGIN, new_y=YPos.NEXT)
+        
+        pdf.set_font("Helvetica", "", 11)
+        notes_text = ""
+        
+        if slide.has_notes_slide and slide.notes_slide.notes_text_frame:
+            notes_text = slide.notes_slide.notes_text_frame.text
+            
+        if not notes_text.strip():
+            notes_text = "(No notes provided for this slide)"
+            
+        notes_text = clean_text_for_fpdf(notes_text)
+        pdf.multi_cell(0, 6, notes_text)
+
+    print(f"Compiling PDF...")
+    pdf.output(output_pdf)
+    print(f"✅ Success! Your file is ready: {output_pdf}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    PPTX_FILE = "/Users/guillemhernandezsola/Downloads/Assets/presentation.pptx"
+    # Make sure this folder exists in the same directory where you run the script!
+    IMAGES_DIR = "/Users/guillemhernandezsola/Downloads/Assets/images"       
+    OUTPUT_FILE = "/Users/guillemhernandezsola/Downloads/Assets/Final_Presentation_Notes.pdf"
+    
+    if not os.path.exists(IMAGES_DIR):
+        print(f"⚠️ ERROR: The folder '{IMAGES_DIR}' was not found.")
+        print("Please create it in: /Users/guillemhernandezsola/code/scripts/file-management/")
+        print("And make sure you exported your slide images from OnlyOffice into it!")
+    else:
+        create_handout_pdf(PPTX_FILE, IMAGES_DIR, OUTPUT_FILE)