You're presenting tomorrow and want to give the audience a paper handout. Six slides per page, room to scribble notes, none of the speaker notes — pure visual deck. PowerPoint's handout view does exactly this, and you can save it as PDF.
PowerPoint's handout layouts
PowerPoint offers handout layouts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 9 slides per page. With three slides per page, you also get lines next to each slide for note-taking (the classic university lecture handout).
Access via File > Print > Layout dropdown > Handouts. Set the slides-per-page, then Print to PDF (on macOS, the print dialog has a PDF option; on Windows, use Microsoft Print to PDF or Save As PDF).
The Flint approach
Flint's PowerPoint to PDF converts the slides one per page by default. For handout layouts, the cleanest path is PowerPoint's own File > Print > Save as PDF with Handout selected.
If you don't have PowerPoint installed but need a handout layout, convert the pptx to PDF one slide per page, then use a PDF tool to arrange multiple pages per sheet (Print > 6 pages per sheet in Acrobat, or third-party imposition tools).
Six is the sweet spot
Six slides per page is the most common handout choice — readable text, room for notes, decent slide-per-sheet density. Three-per-page with notes lines is the second-most common.
Nine-per-page is fine for visual decks where text isn't critical. Anything more than nine becomes hard to read.
Black-and-white vs colour
Handouts often print in black-and-white to save toner. Set PowerPoint's print preview to Greyscale or Pure Black & White first; preview, adjust contrast on slides if needed, then export. Some slides that look great in colour become unreadable in black-and-white — adjust the slide design accordingly before converting.
FAQ
Can Flint produce handout layouts directly?
Standard conversion is one slide per page. For multi-slide-per-page handouts, use PowerPoint's print-to-PDF with Handout layout.
Will the slide numbers show?
Yes — handout layouts include slide numbers by default.
Can I add headers and footers?
PowerPoint's handout master controls headers and footers for handouts. Edit via View > Handout Master.
What about speaker notes?
Use 3 Slides per Page (with notes lines), or use the Notes Pages layout (one slide + notes per page).
Six slides per page, ready to scribble. Make handouts from PowerPoint's print menu or convert to PDF and impose later.