Audion PPTX Print to PDF Tool

Contents

• Main workflow
• Canonical Workbench labels
• Main launchers
• Compatibility wrappers
• Service layer
• Key folders
• Notes

Portable Windows workflow with a NiceGUI shell for batch-printing PowerPoint files through Microsoft Print to PDF and then cropping the saved PDFs in output to 16:9 or A4/A3 proportions.

Main workflow

1. Run launcher_gui.cmd for the guided shell, or open it from launcher_project.cmd / launcher_project_ru.cmd.
2. Prepare Microsoft Print to PDF as the default printer.
3. Put .pptx or .pptm files into input.
4. Start guided printing. For every Microsoft Print to PDF dialog, paste the full path from the clipboard and save the PDF.
5. Return to the GUI and click PDF SAVED after each file.
6. Optionally crop all PDFs in output to 16:9 or A4/A3, then restore the previous default printer.

Canonical Workbench labels

The GUI uses the canonical shared Workbench. Its address row is named Source / Target, and its action bar uses the same labels in every project: Source, Add file..., Target, Reset, Delete, List.

• Source accepts either a presentation folder or one .pptx / .pptm file.
• Target selects the folder for saved and cropped PDFs.
• The GUI and CLI/backend use the same selected routes.
• Reset returns to project input / output and clears unpinned path history.
• Delete is irreversible and asks for confirmation before clearing both routes.

Main launchers

• launcher_gui.cmd - guided GUI shell with themes, RU/EN switch, status cards, operation log, and child operation screens
• launcher_project.cmd - English unified launcher with FZF + CMD fallback
• launcher_project_ru.cmd - Russian mirror of the English launcher with translated UI only

If fzf.exe is missing, the project launcher automatically falls back to the built-in choice menu.

Compatibility wrappers

The simple one-click wrappers are still available and call run_action.cmd:

• 01_Enable_And_Set_Microsoft_Print_to_PDF_Default.cmd
• 03_Print_All_PPTX_From_Input.cmd
• 05_Crop_All_PDFs_From_Output_16x9_Exact.cmd
• 06_Crop_All_PDFs_From_Output_A4_A3.cmd
• 04_Restore_Previous_Default_Printer.cmd
• 09_Doctor.cmd

Service layer

• builder_main.cmd - template-owned builder entry point
• launcher_tools.cmd - template-owned tools and release launcher
• install\ - build, install, verify, and release helpers
• system_core\license\ and licenses\ - release licensing support layer

Key folders

• input - source PPTX/PPTM files
• output - saved PDFs that will be cropped
• logs - session logs
• state - saved printer state
• config - project settings
• report - generated reports and GUI artifacts
• system_core - PowerShell and Python helpers
• GitHub - GitHub-facing project docs
• ._runtime - launcher temp files for the FZF menu path

Notes

• The print step is guided, not silent. This keeps Microsoft Print to PDF and PowerPoint font rendering in control.
• --skip-existing skips PDFs that are already present in output.
• The GUI intentionally does not show toasts for simply opening standard folders.
• The FZF temp scheme is split by language:
• project_menu_en*
• project_menu_ru*
• In CMD fallback mode, ._runtime may stay empty, which is expected.