Beamer's template note page
(in beamerouterthemedefault.sty
) defines how are note pages constructed. The slide size in note pages is hard coded in this template. By default, notes title uses .25\paperheight
and slide in it and slide in notes is reduced to .25\paperheight x .25\paperwidth
.
In next code I've copied note page
template and changed notes title and slide in notes proportions to use .45\paperheight
. It's not an elegant solution and it reduces available space for notes. May be someone else will provide a better answer.
\documentclass[notes]{beamer}
\usepackage{mwe}
\makeatletter
\defbeamertemplate*{note page}{mynotes}
{%
{%
\scriptsize
\usebeamerfont{note title}\usebeamercolor[fg]{note title}%
\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{note title}{}{%
\insertvrule{.45\paperheight}{note title.bg}%
\vskip-.45\paperheight%
\nointerlineskip%
}%
\vbox{
\hfill\insertslideintonotes{0.45}\hskip-\Gm@rmargin\hskip0pt%
\vskip-0.45\paperheight%
\nointerlineskip
\begin{pgfpicture}{0cm}{0cm}{0cm}{0cm}
\begin{pgflowlevelscope}{\pgftransformrotate{90}}
{\pgftransformshift{\pgfpoint{-2cm}{0.2cm}}%
\pgftext[base,left]{\usebeamerfont{note date}\usebeamercolor[fg]{note date}\the\year-\ifnum\month<10\relax0\fi\the\month-\ifnum\day<10\relax0\fi\the\day}}
\end{pgflowlevelscope}
\end{pgfpicture}}
\nointerlineskip
\vbox to .45\paperheight{\vskip0.5em
\hbox{\insertshorttitle[width=8cm]}%
\setbox\beamer@tempbox=\hbox{\insertsection}%
\hbox{\ifdim\wd\beamer@tempbox>1pt{\hskip4pt\raise3pt\hbox{\vrule
width0.4pt height7pt\vrule width 9pt
height0.4pt}}\hskip1pt\hbox{\begin{minipage}[t]{7.5cm}\def\breakhere{}\insertsection\end{minipage}}\fi%
}%
\setbox\beamer@tempbox=\hbox{\insertsubsection}%
\hbox{\ifdim\wd\beamer@tempbox>1pt{\hskip17.4pt\raise3pt\hbox{\vrule
width0.4pt height7pt\vrule width 9pt
height0.4pt}}\hskip1pt\hbox{\begin{minipage}[t]{7.5cm}\def\breakhere{}\insertsubsection\end{minipage}}\fi%
}%
\setbox\beamer@tempbox=\hbox{\insertshortframetitle}%
\hbox{\ifdim\wd\beamer@tempbox>1pt{\hskip30.8pt\raise3pt\hbox{\vrule
width0.4pt height7pt\vrule width 9pt
height0.4pt}}\hskip1pt\hbox{\insertshortframetitle[width=7cm]}\fi%
}%
\vfil}%
}%
\ifbeamercolorempty[bg]{note page}{}{%
\nointerlineskip%
\insertvrule{.55\paperheight}{note page.bg}%
\vskip-.55\paperheight%
}%
\vskip.25em
\nointerlineskip
\insertnote
}
\makeatother
\setbeameroption{show notes}
\setbeamertemplate{note page}[mynotes]
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\lipsum[1]
\end{frame}
\note[itemize]
{\item This is a note
\item A second note}
\end{document}
