LibreOffice PPT to PDF Handouts

Convert PPT/PPTX to PDF and optionally render handout layout with multiple slides per page

Convert presentations with LibreOffice CLI and create handout PDFs. **Highlights:** - Supports \.ppt and \.pptx - Handout layout: 1/2/3/4/6/9 slides per page - Keeps original slide rendering from LibreOffice

Example Results

2 examples

4-up A4 Handout

Convert a business PPTX into a 4-slides-per-page A4 handout PDF

libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts-example1.pdf View File

View input parameters

{ "sourceFile": "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/ppt/business.pptx", "slidesPerPage": "4", "pageSize": "A4", "orientation": "portrait", "margin": 28, "gap": 10, "drawFrame": true }

6-up Landscape Handout

Generate landscape handout view with six slides per page

libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts-example2.pdf View File

View input parameters

{ "sourceFile": "/Users/quyue/www/elysia-tools/public/samples/ppt/simple.pptx", "slidesPerPage": "6", "pageSize": "Letter", "orientation": "landscape", "margin": 24, "gap": 8, "drawFrame": true }

Presentation File *

Click to upload file or drag and drop file here

Maximum file size: 300MB Supported formats: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation

Slides Per Page

Page Size

Orientation

Page Margin

Slide Gap

Draw Cell Frame

API Documentation

Request Endpoint

POST /en/api/tools/libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts

Request Parameters

Parameter Name	Type	Required	Description
sourceFile	file (Upload required)	Yes	-
slidesPerPage	select	No	-
pageSize	select	No	-
orientation	select	No	-
margin	number	No	-
gap	number	No	-
drawFrame	checkbox	No	-

File type parameters need to be uploaded first via POST /upload/libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts to get filePath, then pass filePath to the corresponding file field.

Response Format

{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

File: File

AI MCP Documentation

Add this tool to your MCP server configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts": {
      "name": "libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts",
      "description": "Convert PPT/PPTX to PDF and optionally render handout layout with multiple slides per page",
      "baseUrl": "https://elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=libreoffice-ppt-to-pdf-handouts",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

You can chain multiple tools, e.g.: `https://elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp`, max 20 tools.

Supports URL file links or Base64 encoding for file parameters.

If you encounter any issues, please contact us at [email protected]

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