I'd like to print handout slides with `handoutWithNotes` package associated with `beamer`, but a simple try
\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\usepackage{handoutWithNotes}
\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1 with notes}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
My first slide
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
Second one
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
Third
\end{frame}
\end{document}
returned me always the error message such as
! Undefined control sequence.
\@begindocumenthook ...ox { \vskip .05\pageheight
Notes\vskip .1\pageheight ...
l.8 \begin{document}
Apparently it comes with `\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1 with notes}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]` "with notes" argument.
I run the file either with MiKTeX 2.8 or 2.9, either under Windows XP or Windows 10.
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samcarter
A similar layout can pretty easily be achieved with beamer:
```
\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\pgfpagesuselayout{4 on 1}[a4paper,border shrink=5mm]
\setbeameroption{show notes}
\makeatletter
\def\beamer@framenotesbegin{% at beginning of slide
\gdef\beamer@noteitems{}%
\gdef\beamer@notes{{}}% used to be totally empty.
}
\makeatother
\usepackage{pgffor}
\setbeamertemplate{note page}{
\begin{minipage}[c][\textheight][c]{\textwidth}
Notes:\vfill
\foreach \x in {1,...,8}{
\hrulefill\vfill\par
}
\end{minipage}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
My first slide
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
Second one
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
Third
\end{frame}
\end{document}
```
