Trim Lecture Slides to Paste into Notes and Review More Easily
Key points
- Choose the slides PDF
- Trim the margins automatically
- Combine pages on one sheet and print
Lecture slide PDFs sometimes come with a white frame around them. Trimming the margins makes them easier to paste into notes and to review on a phone.
Steps
- Choose the slides PDF in Crop PDF Margins.
- Choose "Same area on every page". Slides are the same size on every page, so the frame matches too.
- Set "Margin to keep" to "Small (3 mm)".
- Crop and save.
For pasting into notes
- Use Combine PDF Pages onto One Sheet to print the trimmed slides, for example six to a sheet.
- Even on a small sheet to paste into a notebook, the text is easier to read.
- It also reduces the number of sheets you print.
For reviewing
- With no margin, the slide text looks larger even on a phone.
- To keep only the pages you need, use Extract or Delete PDF Pages.
- To group them by subject, Merge PDFs helps.
Please note
Materials handed out by a teacher may come with rules for use. Keep to using them for your own study, and do not share them with others or post them online.
Use "Crop PDF Margins" (free)Tools that go well with this
- Rotate & Reorder PDF Pages: Fix sideways pages, change the page order, or remove pages.
- Compress PDF: Shrink a PDF to fit under a size you choose, for upload limits.
- Merge PDFs: Combine several PDF files into one, in the order you choose.
More guides for this tool
- How to Crop the Margins of a PDF (Free, Works on a Phone)
- Make a PDF Easier to Read on a Phone: Trim the Margins to Enlarge the Text
- Cutting Off Black Edges and Extra Margins in a Scanned PDF
- Cropping a PDF Does Not Delete the Cropped Part: Hide Sensitive Information Another Way
- When a PDF Prints Cut Off or Too Small: Adjusting the Margins
- PDF Cropping vs Image Cropping: Which Should You Use?