How to convert a Markdown file to PDF
I have a Markdown file that I wish to convert to PDF so that I can upload it on Speakerdeck. I am using Pandoc to convert from markdown to PDF.
My problem is I can't specify what content should go on what page of the PDF, because Markdown doesn't provide any feature like that.
E.g., Markdown:
###Hello
* abc
* def
###Bye
* ghi
* jkl
Now I want Hello to be one slide and Bye to be on another slide on Speakerdeck. So, I will need them to be on different pages in the PDF that I generate using Pandoc.
But both Hello and Bye gets on the same page in the PDF.
How can I accomplish this?
Solution 1:
Via the terminal (tested in 2020)
Download dependencies
sudo apt-get install pandoc texlive-latex-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-extra-utils texlive-latex-extra
Try to use
pandoc MANUAL.txt -o example13.pdf
pandoc MANUAL.md -o example13.pdf
Via a Visual Studio Code extension (tested in 2020)
- Download the Yzane Markdown PDF extension
- Right click inside a Markdown file (
md) - The content below will appear
- Select the
Markdown PDF: Export (pdf)option
Note: Emojis are better in Windows than Linux (I don't know why)
Solution 2:
2016 update:
NPM module: https://github.com/alanshaw/markdown-pdf
Has a command line interface: https://github.com/alanshaw/markdown-pdf#usage
npm install -g markdown-pdf
markdown-pdf <markdown-file-path>
Or, an online service: http://markdown2pdf.com
Solution 3:
As SpeakerDeck only accepts PDF files, the easiest option is to use the Latex Beamer backend for pandoc:
pandoc -t beamer -o output.pdf yourInput.mkd
Note that you should have LaTeX Beamer installed for that.
In Ubuntu, you can do sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended to install it. If you use Windows, you may try this answer.
You may also want to try the HTML/CSS output from Slidy:
pandoc --self-contained -t slidy -o output-slidy.html yourInput.mkd
It has a decent printing output, as you can check out trying to print the original.
Read more about slideshows with pandoc here.
Solution 4:
Adding to elias' answer, if you want to separate text in slides, just put *** between the text you want to separate. For your example to be in several pages, write it like this:
### Hello
- abc
- def
***
### Bye
- ghi
- jkl
And then use elias' answer, pandoc -t beamer -o output.pdf yourInput.md.
I have Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) and installed the full package from texlive. It works for me.