I would like to include the number of the presentation slide in the beamer note slide, so I would have a reference if I decide to generate slides and notes separately.
In the MWE below, I have three different types of slides: one with multiple note-pages, one without notes, and with only one note-page. Would it be possible to add the number of the presentation slide in which these notes are located? Possibly in the right lower corner as in the main slides?
If I were to generate a pdf with only the notes using \setbeameroption{show only notes}
, I wouldn't have any idea about what is the corresponding presentation slide for each note. This becomes more relevant when there are slides with multiple note-pages or without notes, as the mapping between presentation slides and note slides wouldn't be one to one.
Note that I choose a plain style for the notes, as the standard style takes a lot of space. I know the thumbnail in the standard style could serve as a reference, but it is too big for what I need.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Boadilla}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen=right}
% Repeat slide title
\setbeamertemplate{note page}{%
\pagecolor{yellow!15}
\vfill
\begin{minipage}[c][\textheight][t]{\textwidth}
{\usebeamerfont{frametitle}\usebeamercolor[fg]{frametitle}\insertframetitle\par}
\insertnote
\end{minipage}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}{Slide with several note pages}
\begin{itemize}
\item There are too many things to say in this slide
\item That is why I need several pages for notes
\end{itemize}
% Notes
\note<1>{Hello from note 1}
\note<2>{Hello from note 2}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Slide without notes}
\begin{itemize}
\item No notes in this slide
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Slide with only one note page}
\begin{itemize}
\item Just one note here
\item And that's all
\end{itemize}
% Notes
\note{Hello from note 1}
\end{frame}
\end{document}