How can I get Scratch code into a pdf? I teach coding, I want to share my coding to student in a Word or Adobe document.

mathematicteacher

Hello Scratch users;

How can I get Scratch code into a pdf format? I teach coding to students, I write a new Scratch program and now I want to put my coding to a Word or Adobe document. Then I can write a description to students or write a book on how the code works. What do authors do when they write books? How do to get the code into a document.?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you; Michael

scratchykit5743

as an experienced scratcher, as i know, you cannot do it via a file thing, but you can screenshot a picture of coding you have done, crop it so it only shows the code (if desired), and put it in.

Fupicat

Scratch doesn't have this funcionality. You'd have to screenshot the blocks and paste the image into your document.

vkpatil

You will probably have to screenshot, like everyone else said.

mathematicteacher

Thank you all for the reply!. This really stinks for teachers that we can print the code to Adobe or Word. Hopefully I can ask am author from many of the books I have on Scratch to help me..

I Greatly appreciate your responses. Have a great dayand stay safe form the Corona virus..

Michael

mathematicteacher

scratchykit5743 wrote:
as an experienced scratcher, as i know, you cannot do it via a file thing, but you can screenshot a picture of coding you have done, crop it so it only shows the code (if desired), and put it in.

Thank you very much! I hope that someday I anyone can get a block and copy and paste them. It would make life easier.

mathematicteacher

Fupicat wrote:
Scratch doesn't have this funcionality. You'd have to screenshot the blocks and paste the image into your document.

Thank you for your reply. I greatly appreciate your comments and time.

mathematicteacher

scratchykit5743 wrote:
as an experienced scratcher, as i know, you cannot do it via a file thing, but you can screenshot a picture of coding you have done, crop it so it only shows the code (if desired), and put it in.

Thank you scratchykit5743. I see you like Raspberry PI coding. Are you on a site? I have been working on Arduino Uno mostly but have used Raspberry pi 3.
I greatly appreciate your comments and time.

mathematicteacher

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Fupicat wrote:
Scratch doesn't have this funcionality. You'd have to screenshot the blocks and paste the image into your document.

Thank you for your reply. I greatly appreciate your comments and time.

SausageMcSauce

mathematicteacher wrote:
scratchykit5743 wrote:
as an experienced scratcher, as i know, you cannot do it via a file thing, but you can screenshot a picture of coding you have done, crop it so it only shows the code (if desired), and put it in.
Thank you scratchykit5743. I see you like Raspberry PI coding. Are you on a site? I have been working on Arduino Uno mostly but have used Raspberry pi 3.
I greatly appreciate your comments and time.

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Last edited by SausageMcSauce (April 19, 2020 09:39:02)

yelmongui

My code is really long and when i took multiple screenshots to put in a google slide it was horrible quality and couldn't read any of it. Anyone have any tips to get all the code in a single pdf?

Fupicat

yelmongui wrote:
My code is really long and when i took multiple screenshots to put in a google slide it was horrible quality and couldn't read any of it. Anyone have any tips to get all the code in a single pdf?

There is another option, but you have to type in all your code manually: the scratchblock plugin website.
You can use it by typing in all the blocks you want with scratchblock syntax.
Then you can export everything as a PNG, or, if you want the highest possible quality, export as SVG.
If you are not familiar with scratchblock syntax, it looks like this:

define dance (speed)
set [dist v] to ((speed) * (distance to [mouse-pointer v]))
repeat until <(timer) > [10]>
  move (dist) steps
  next costume
  play note (pick random (40) to (100)) for (0.5) beats
  say [Wow! Scratch scripts on the Wiki!]
end

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Fupicat wrote:
yelmongui wrote:
My code is really long and when i took multiple screenshots to put in a google slide it was horrible quality and couldn't read any of it. Anyone have any tips to get all the code in a single pdf?
There is another option, but you have to type in all your code manually: the scratchblock plugin website.
You can use it by typing in all the blocks you want with scratchblock syntax.
Then you can export everything as a PNG, or, if you want the highest possible quality, export as SVG.
If you are not familiar with scratchblock syntax, it looks like this:
define dance (speed)
set [dist v] to ((speed) * (distance to [mouse-pointer v]))
repeat until <(timer) > [10]>
  move (dist) steps
  next costume
  play note (pick random (40) to (100)) for (0.5) beats
  say [Wow! Scratch scripts on the Wiki!]
end

You can also use the scratchblocks converter there which converts a scratch project to scratchblocks, however this only works with scratch 2.0 and earlier projects.

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