[Tex/LaTex] Beamer note page: Reduce left margin

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I am using the beamer notes, but to my mind, the left margin is a bit too large since it reduces the usable space significantly. Is it possible to reduce this?

Here is my code:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\setbeamertemplate{note page}[compact]
\setbeameroption{second mode text on second screen=left}
\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen}

\begin{document}

\section{bla}
\begin{frame}{bla}
Some text.
\note[item]{This is a note item}
\note{only text note}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

And here a picture with the margin I mean marked in red
enter image description here

Best Answer

You can use the commands \AtBeginNote and \AtEndNote to modify this behavior.

For normal notes you can add some negative space at the beginning, e.g. \hspace*{-10pt}, while for the others you have to modify itemize-specific lengths. For example you can issue a \addtolength\leftmargini{-10pt} at the beginning and \addtolength\leftmargini{10pt} at the end so to restore the normal behavior.

In other words, you can add the following lines to achieve what you want

\AtBeginNote{\hspace*{-10pt}\addtolength\leftmargini{-10pt}}
\AtEndNote{\addtolength\leftmargini{10pt}}

MWE:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
\setbeamertemplate{note page}[compact]
\setbeameroption{second mode text on second screen=left}
\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen}

\begin{document}
\section{bla}
\begin{frame}{bla}
Some text.
\note[item]{This is a note item}
\note{only text note}
\end{frame}

\AtBeginNote{\hspace*{-10pt}\addtolength\leftmargini{-10pt}}
\AtEndNote{\addtolength\leftmargini{10pt}}

\section{bla}
\begin{frame}{bla}
Some text.
\note[item]{This is a note item}
\note{only text note}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

You can notice the difference in consecutive frames:

enter image description here

Of course, in your document, place those two lines at the beginning.

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