How to print more than one page as one document

[ferdinandSoethe]

I just discovered Trillium and I love its many features.

With the Canvas-node type it could finally replace OneNote for my collection of teaching slides.

However I can't find a function to print more than one node into a single document.
Use case is: I create several canvas nodes with handwritten text during a teaching session and hand them out as a pdf to participants later.

Any ideas much appreciated.

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @ferdinandSoethe! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Trilium team.

Trilium Notes doesn't currently support printing or exporting multiple nodes—including Canvas nodes—as a single document or PDF. Printing only works for the current note, and exporting with descendants creates separate files for each child note, not a combined document details feature request.

The main workaround is to export your Canvas nodes individually (for example, as images or HTML), then use an external tool like Pandoc or a PDF editor to merge them into a single PDF for distribution discussion. There are no built-in plugins or scripts that automate this process while preserving the app's visual structure.

If you want to combine content from several nodes, you can manually "include" child notes inside a parent note, then print or export that parent note as a single document workaround. For advanced needs, some users create custom export templates or scripts, but this requires significant customization.

Let me know if you want a step-by-step guide for exporting and merging files using external tools!

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[eliandoran]

For your collection of teaching slides, I would recommend the Presentation collection. See https://docs.triliumnotes.org/User%20Guide/User%20Guide/Note%20Types/Collections/Presentation%20View.html?h=presentat#under-the-hood for more info.

Basically each slide is a note, and canvas notes are supported too. Export to PDF of the entire slide collection is possible.

[ferdinandSoethe]

Thank you so much for this insight, Johannes. Took a Moment to understand that collection is a node type and find all the tools, but now it works like a charm. One step further. Thank you.

[ferdinandSoethe]

And it even supports other types like mindmaps. So cool.