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Google App Script to create a doc with speaker notes from slides
var INPUT_PRESO_ID = "<id>";
var OUTPUT_DOC_ID = "<id>";
function createNotesDoc() {
var presentation = Slides.Presentations.get(INPUT_PRESO_ID)
var out = DocumentApp.openById(OUTPUT_DOC_ID)
out.getBody().clear();
table = out.getBody().appendTable();
var links = [];
for (var i = 0; i < presentation.slides.length; i++) {
Logger.log("Exporting page " + (i + 1) + "/" + presentation.slides.length);
var slide = presentation.slides[i];
var text = slide.slideProperties.notesPage.pageElements[1].shape.text;
var row = table.appendTableRow();
var url = "https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/" + INPUT_PRESO_ID + "/export/png?id=" + INPUT_PRESO_ID + "&pageid=" + slide.objectId;
var imageCell = row.appendTableCell();
imageCell.removeChild(imageCell.getChild(0)); // remove empty first paragraph
imageCell.appendImage(UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getBlob()).setWidth(160).setHeight(90);
var noteCell = row.appendTableCell();
noteCell.removeChild(noteCell.getChild(0)); // remove empty first paragraph
table.setColumnWidth(0, 140);
var noteParagraph = noteCell.appendParagraph("");
if (text) {
var textElements = text.textElements;
var fullContent = "";
for (var j = 0; j < textElements.length; j++) {
if (textElements[j].textRun) {
fullContent += textElements[j].textRun.content;
}
}
if (fullContent.trim()) {
noteParagraph.appendText(fullContent.trim());
}
}
}
}
@jenarehorka
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Thank you emisca this work very well!

@olivier-menicot
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Hi, I'm a newbie to App Script. How do I run this script ? I have opened App Script from Google Slide, then copy/paste the script and added the Services Drive and Slides as recommended above. However I'm not sure if I have to modify the script to point to my Google Slide presentation. Thanks.

@emisca
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emisca commented Jan 31, 2024

you need to provide the slides id and the document id in the 2 variables in the beginning:

var INPUT_PRESO_ID = "<id>";
var OUTPUT_DOC_ID = "<id>";

This will select the presentation (slides) and the destination document where the content will be put. The doc has to be created before you run the script.

You can amend the script to have it create the output doc if you wish, but it will make the code more complex to handle permissions and where to put the doc.

@olivier-menicot
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olivier-menicot commented Jan 31, 2024

Thank you, it works great exactly as I expected !!

@emisca
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emisca commented Feb 7, 2024

see also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59958862/how-to-embed-a-slide-in-a-google-doc-using-app-script/77949512#77949512 for a trick to put linked slide thumbnails instead of static images.

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