Audion PPTX Print to PDF Tool

Audion PPTX Print to PDF Tool is a portable Windows utility for one practical workflow: print PowerPoint presentations through Microsoft Print to PDF, keep the real PowerPoint rendering path, and then crop the generated PDFs in output to 16:9 or A4/A3 proportions. The project includes a guided NiceGUI shell.

Main workflow

launch launcher_gui.cmd, or open the GUI from launcher_project.cmd / launcher_project_ru.cmd
switch the default printer to Microsoft Print to PDF
place .pptx or .pptm files into input
print each presentation and paste the full output path from the clipboard in the save dialog
confirm each saved PDF in the GUI
optionally crop all PDFs in output to 16:9 or A4/A3
restore the previous default printer

Canonical Workbench labels

The canonical Workbench uses the shared Source / Target vocabulary and the buttons Source, Add file..., Target, Reset, Delete, List. Source can be a folder or one .pptx / .pptm file, and the selected routes are passed directly to the shared GUI/CLI backend.

Launchers

launcher_gui.cmd - guided GUI shell with themes, RU/EN switch, status cards, and operation log
launcher_project.cmd - English launcher
launcher_project_ru.cmd - Russian launcher

Both launchers follow the same unified architecture:

single-file FZF + CMD fallback
identical internal logic
language-specific temp files in ._runtime

If fzf.exe is unavailable, the launchers use the built-in choice menu automatically.

Project structure

input - source presentations
output - saved PDFs to crop
logs - session logs
state - saved printer state
config - project settings
report - reports and GUI artifacts
system_core - PowerShell and Python helpers
install - build, install, verify, and release helpers
licenses - release licensing outputs

Why the workflow is semi-manual

The Microsoft Print to PDF driver is unreliable for full silent automation. This project keeps the reliable rendering path, makes the manual save step explicit, and avoids hidden save-dialog hacks.