Convert Jupyter Notebook to PDF With Reporting Format

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Install nbconvert via pip

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pip install nbconvert

Now, the command

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jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --template-file report filename.ipynb

should work well, producing a document with a table of contents and properly formatted code blocks. However, an unnecessary counter appears before each code block, wasting space and serving no purpose. To remove it, a custom template is required.

The template consists of two files: assignment.tex.j2 and style_assignment.tex.j2, which are modified duplicates of existing files. Template files are located in share\jupyter\nbconvert\templates\latex. Duplicate report.tex.j2 and modify the second line to

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((* set cell_style = 'style_assignment.tex.j2' *))

The file style_assignment.tex.j2 is a duplicate of style_jupyter.tex.j2 with the line

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{\ttfamily\llap{{\color{#2}[#3]:\hspace{3pt}#4}}\vspace{-\baselineskip}}

replaced by

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{\ttfamily\llap{{\color{#2}\hspace{3pt}#4}}}

Moreover, in order to support Chinese, the code below should be added

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\usepackage{xeCJK}
\setCJKmainfont{SimSun}

Now that custom files are used, the command is

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jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --template-file assignment filename.ipynb

or dictate author names and the document title as converting:

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jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --template-file assignment ./Journal.ipynb --LatexPreprocessor.author_names="Name" --LatexPreprocessor.title="Title"

The complete file is shown as follows:

assignment.tex.j2

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% Default to the notebook output style
((* if not cell_style is defined *))
 ((* set cell_style = 'style_assignment.tex.j2' *))
((* endif *))

% Inherit from the specified cell style.
((* extends cell_style *))


%===============================================================================
% Latex Book
%===============================================================================

((* block predoc *))
 ((( super() )))
 ((* block tableofcontents *))\tableofcontents((* endblock tableofcontents *))
((* endblock predoc *))

((* block docclass *))
\documentclass{report}
((* endblock docclass *))

((* block markdowncell scoped *))
((( cell.source | citation2latex | strip_files_prefix | convert_pandoc('markdown+tex_math_double_backslash', 'json',extra_args=[]) | resolve_references | convert_pandoc('json','latex', extra_args=["--top-level-division=chapter"]) )))
((* endblock markdowncell *))

style_assignment.tex.j2

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((=- IPython input/output style -=))
((*- extends 'base.tex.j2' -*))

((*- block packages -*))
	\usepackage{xeCJK}
	\setCJKmainfont{SimSun}
 \usepackage[breakable]{tcolorbox}
 \usepackage{parskip} % Stop auto-indenting (to mimic markdown behaviour)
 ((( super() )))
((*- endblock packages -*))

((*- block definitions -*))
 ((( super() )))
% Pygments definitions
 (((- resources.latex.pygments_definitions )))

 % For linebreaks inside Verbatim environment from package fancyvrb.
 \makeatletter
 \newbox\Wrappedcontinuationbox
 \newbox\Wrappedvisiblespacebox
 \newcommand*\Wrappedvisiblespace {\textcolor{red}{\textvisiblespace}}
 \newcommand*\Wrappedcontinuationsymbol {\textcolor{red}{\llap{\tiny$\m@th\hookrightarrow$}}}
 \newcommand*\Wrappedcontinuationindent {3ex }
 \newcommand*\Wrappedafterbreak {\kern\Wrappedcontinuationindent\copy\Wrappedcontinuationbox}
 % Take advantage of the already applied Pygments mark-up to insert
 % potential linebreaks for TeX processing.
 % {, <, #, %, $, ' and ": go to next line.
 % _, }, ^, &, >, - and ~: stay at end of broken line.
 % Use of \textquotesingle for straight quote.
 \newcommand*\Wrappedbreaksatspecials {%
 \def\PYGZus{\discretionary{\char`\_}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\_}}%
 \def\PYGZob{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\{}{\char`\{}}%
 \def\PYGZcb{\discretionary{\char`\}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\}}}%
 \def\PYGZca{\discretionary{\char`\^}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\^}}%
 \def\PYGZam{\discretionary{\char`\&}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\&}}%
 \def\PYGZlt{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\<}{\char`\<}}%
 \def\PYGZgt{\discretionary{\char`\>}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\>}}%
 \def\PYGZsh{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\#}{\char`\#}}%
 \def\PYGZpc{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\%}{\char`\%}}%
 \def\PYGZdl{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\$}{\char`\$}}%
 \def\PYGZhy{\discretionary{\char`\-}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\-}}%
 \def\PYGZsq{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\textquotesingle}{\textquotesingle}}%
 \def\PYGZdq{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\"}{\char`\"}}%
 \def\PYGZti{\discretionary{\char`\~}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\~}}%
 }
 % Some characters . , ; ? ! / are not pygmentized.
 % This macro makes them "active" and they will insert potential linebreaks
 \newcommand*\Wrappedbreaksatpunct {%
 \lccode`\~`\.\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\.}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\.}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\,\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\,}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\,}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\;\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\;}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\;}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\:\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\:}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\:}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\?\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\?}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\?}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\!\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\!}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\!}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\/\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\/}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\/}}}%
 \catcode`\.\active
 \catcode`\,\active
 \catcode`\;\active
 \catcode`\:\active
 \catcode`\?\active
 \catcode`\!\active
 \catcode`\/\active
 \lccode`\~`\~
 }
 \makeatother

 \let\OriginalVerbatim=\Verbatim
 \makeatletter
 \renewcommand{\Verbatim}[1][1]{%
 %\parskip\z@skip
 \sbox\Wrappedcontinuationbox {\Wrappedcontinuationsymbol}%
 \sbox\Wrappedvisiblespacebox {\FV@SetupFont\Wrappedvisiblespace}%
 \def\FancyVerbFormatLine ##1{\hsize\linewidth
 \vtop{\raggedright\hyphenpenalty\z@\exhyphenpenalty\z@
 \doublehyphendemerits\z@\finalhyphendemerits\z@
 \strut ##1\strut}%
 }%
 % If the linebreak is at a space, the latter will be displayed as visible
 % space at end of first line, and a continuation symbol starts next line.
 % Stretch/shrink are however usually zero for typewriter font.
 \def\FV@Space {%
 \nobreak\hskip\z@ plus\fontdimen3\font minus\fontdimen4\font
 \discretionary{\copy\Wrappedvisiblespacebox}{\Wrappedafterbreak}
 {\kern\fontdimen2\font}%
 }%

 % Allow breaks at special characters using \PYG... macros.
 \Wrappedbreaksatspecials
 % Breaks at punctuation characters . , ; ? ! and / need catcode=\active
 \OriginalVerbatim[#1,codes*=\Wrappedbreaksatpunct]%
 }
 \makeatother

 % Exact colors from NB
 ((*- block style_colors *))
 \definecolor{incolor}{HTML}{303F9F}
 \definecolor{outcolor}{HTML}{D84315}
 \definecolor{cellborder}{HTML}{CFCFCF}
 \definecolor{cellbackground}{HTML}{F7F7F7}
 ((*- endblock style_colors *))

 % prompt
 \makeatletter
 \newcommand{\boxspacing}{\kern\kvtcb@left@rule\kern\kvtcb@boxsep}
 \makeatother
 ((*- block style_prompt *))
 \newcommand{\prompt}[4]{
 {\ttfamily\llap{{\color{#2}\hspace{3pt}#4}}}
 }
 ((* endblock style_prompt *))

((*- endblock definitions -*))

%===============================================================================
% Input
%===============================================================================

((* block input scoped *))
 ((( draw_cell(cell.source | highlight_code(strip_verbatim=True), cell, 'In', 'incolor', '\\boxspacing') )))
((* endblock input *))


%===============================================================================
% Output
%===============================================================================

((*- if charlim is not defined -*))
 ((* set charlim = 80 *))
((*- endif -*))

((* block execute_result scoped *))
 ((*- for type in output.data | filter_data_type -*))
 ((*- if type in ['text/plain']*))
 ((( draw_cell(output.data['text/plain'] | wrap_text(charlim) | escape_latex | ansi2latex, cell, 'Out', 'outcolor', '\\boxspacing') )))
 ((* else -*))
 ((( " " )))
 ((( draw_prompt(cell, 'Out', 'outcolor','') )))((( super() )))
 ((*- endif -*))
 ((*- endfor -*))
((* endblock execute_result *))

((* block stream *))
 \begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}]
((( output.text | wrap_text(charlim) | escape_latex | strip_trailing_newline | ansi2latex )))
 \end{Verbatim}
((* endblock stream *))

%==============================================================================
% Support Macros
%==============================================================================

% Name: draw_cell
% Purpose: Renders an output/input prompt
((*- if draw_cell is not defined -*)) % Required to allow overriding.
((* macro draw_cell(text, cell, prompt, prompt_color, extra_space) -*))
((*- if prompt == 'In' -*))
((*- set style = "breakable, size=fbox, boxrule=1pt, pad at break*=1mm,colback=cellbackground, colframe=cellborder"-*))
((*- else -*))((*- set style = "breakable, size=fbox, boxrule=.5pt, pad at break*=1mm, opacityfill=0"-*))((*- endif -*))

\begin{tcolorbox}[((( style )))]
(((- draw_prompt(cell, prompt, prompt_color, extra_space) )))
\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}]
((( text )))
\end{Verbatim}
\end{tcolorbox}
((*- endmacro *))
((*- endif -*))

% Name: draw_prompt
% Purpose: Renders an output/input prompt
((* macro draw_prompt(cell, prompt, prompt_color, extra_space) -*))
 ((*- if cell.execution_count is defined -*))
 ((*- set execution_count = "" ~ (cell.execution_count | replace(None, " ")) -*))
 ((*- else -*))((*- set execution_count = " " -*))((*- endif *))

 ((*- if (resources.global_content_filter.include_output_prompt and prompt == 'Out')
 or (resources.global_content_filter.include_input_prompt and prompt == 'In' ) *))
\prompt{(((prompt)))}{(((prompt_color)))}{(((execution_count)))}{(((extra_space)))}
 ((*- endif -*))
((*- endmacro *))

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((=- IPython input/output style -=))
((*- extends 'base.tex.j2' -*))

((*- block packages -*))
	\usepackage{xeCJK}
	\setCJKmainfont{SimSun}
 \usepackage[breakable]{tcolorbox}
 \usepackage{parskip} % Stop auto-indenting (to mimic markdown behaviour)
 ((( super() )))
((*- endblock packages -*))

((*- block definitions -*))
 ((( super() )))
% Pygments definitions
 (((- resources.latex.pygments_definitions )))

 % For linebreaks inside Verbatim environment from package fancyvrb.
 \makeatletter
 \newbox\Wrappedcontinuationbox
 \newbox\Wrappedvisiblespacebox
 \newcommand*\Wrappedvisiblespace {\textcolor{red}{\textvisiblespace}}
 \newcommand*\Wrappedcontinuationsymbol {\textcolor{red}{\llap{\tiny$\m@th\hookrightarrow$}}}
 \newcommand*\Wrappedcontinuationindent {3ex }
 \newcommand*\Wrappedafterbreak {\kern\Wrappedcontinuationindent\copy\Wrappedcontinuationbox}
 % Take advantage of the already applied Pygments mark-up to insert
 % potential linebreaks for TeX processing.
 % {, <, #, %, $, ' and ": go to next line.
 % _, }, ^, &, >, - and ~: stay at end of broken line.
 % Use of \textquotesingle for straight quote.
 \newcommand*\Wrappedbreaksatspecials {%
 \def\PYGZus{\discretionary{\char`\_}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\_}}%
 \def\PYGZob{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\{}{\char`\{}}%
 \def\PYGZcb{\discretionary{\char`\}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\}}}%
 \def\PYGZca{\discretionary{\char`\^}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\^}}%
 \def\PYGZam{\discretionary{\char`\&}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\&}}%
 \def\PYGZlt{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\<}{\char`\<}}%
 \def\PYGZgt{\discretionary{\char`\>}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\>}}%
 \def\PYGZsh{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\#}{\char`\#}}%
 \def\PYGZpc{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\%}{\char`\%}}%
 \def\PYGZdl{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\$}{\char`\$}}%
 \def\PYGZhy{\discretionary{\char`\-}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\-}}%
 \def\PYGZsq{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\textquotesingle}{\textquotesingle}}%
 \def\PYGZdq{\discretionary{}{\Wrappedafterbreak\char`\"}{\char`\"}}%
 \def\PYGZti{\discretionary{\char`\~}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\char`\~}}%
 }
 % Some characters . , ; ? ! / are not pygmentized.
 % This macro makes them "active" and they will insert potential linebreaks
 \newcommand*\Wrappedbreaksatpunct {%
 \lccode`\~`\.\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\.}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\.}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\,\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\,}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\,}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\;\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\;}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\;}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\:\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\:}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\:}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\?\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\?}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\?}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\!\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\!}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\!}}}%
 \lccode`\~`\/\lowercase{\def~}{\discretionary{\hbox{\char`\/}}{\Wrappedafterbreak}{\hbox{\char`\/}}}%
 \catcode`\.\active
 \catcode`\,\active
 \catcode`\;\active
 \catcode`\:\active
 \catcode`\?\active
 \catcode`\!\active
 \catcode`\/\active
 \lccode`\~`\~
 }
 \makeatother

 \let\OriginalVerbatim=\Verbatim
 \makeatletter
 \renewcommand{\Verbatim}[1][1]{%
 %\parskip\z@skip
 \sbox\Wrappedcontinuationbox {\Wrappedcontinuationsymbol}%
 \sbox\Wrappedvisiblespacebox {\FV@SetupFont\Wrappedvisiblespace}%
 \def\FancyVerbFormatLine ##1{\hsize\linewidth
 \vtop{\raggedright\hyphenpenalty\z@\exhyphenpenalty\z@
 \doublehyphendemerits\z@\finalhyphendemerits\z@
 \strut ##1\strut}%
 }%
 % If the linebreak is at a space, the latter will be displayed as visible
 % space at end of first line, and a continuation symbol starts next line.
 % Stretch/shrink are however usually zero for typewriter font.
 \def\FV@Space {%
 \nobreak\hskip\z@ plus\fontdimen3\font minus\fontdimen4\font
 \discretionary{\copy\Wrappedvisiblespacebox}{\Wrappedafterbreak}
 {\kern\fontdimen2\font}%
 }%

 % Allow breaks at special characters using \PYG... macros.
 \Wrappedbreaksatspecials
 % Breaks at punctuation characters . , ; ? ! and / need catcode=\active
 \OriginalVerbatim[#1,codes*=\Wrappedbreaksatpunct]%
 }
 \makeatother

 % Exact colors from NB
 ((*- block style_colors *))
 \definecolor{incolor}{HTML}{303F9F}
 \definecolor{outcolor}{HTML}{D84315}
 \definecolor{cellborder}{HTML}{CFCFCF}
 \definecolor{cellbackground}{HTML}{F7F7F7}
 ((*- endblock style_colors *))

 % prompt
 \makeatletter
 \newcommand{\boxspacing}{\kern\kvtcb@left@rule\kern\kvtcb@boxsep}
 \makeatother
 ((*- block style_prompt *))
 \newcommand{\prompt}[4]{
 {\ttfamily\llap{{\color{#2}\hspace{3pt}#4}}}
 }
 ((* endblock style_prompt *))

((*- endblock definitions -*))

%===============================================================================
% Input
%===============================================================================

((* block input scoped *))
 % input hidden
((* endblock input *))



%===============================================================================
% Output
%===============================================================================

((*- if charlim is not defined -*))
 ((* set charlim = 80 *))
((*- endif -*))

((* block execute_result scoped *))
 ((*- for type in output.data | filter_data_type -*))
 ((*- if type in ['text/plain']*))
 ((( draw_cell(output.data['text/plain'] | wrap_text(charlim) | escape_latex | ansi2latex, cell, 'Out', 'outcolor', '\\boxspacing') )))
 ((* else -*))
 ((( " " )))
 ((( draw_prompt(cell, 'Out', 'outcolor','') )))((( super() )))
 ((*- endif -*))
 ((*- endfor -*))
((* endblock execute_result *))

((* block stream *))
 \begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}]
((( output.text | wrap_text(charlim) | escape_latex | strip_trailing_newline | ansi2latex )))
 \end{Verbatim}
((* endblock stream *))

%==============================================================================
% Support Macros
%==============================================================================

% Name: draw_cell
% Purpose: Renders an output/input prompt
((*- if draw_cell is not defined -*)) % Required to allow overriding.
((* macro draw_cell(text, cell, prompt, prompt_color, extra_space) -*))
((*- if prompt == 'In' -*))
((*- set style = "breakable, size=fbox, boxrule=1pt, pad at break*=1mm,colback=cellbackground, colframe=cellborder"-*))
((*- else -*))((*- set style = "breakable, size=fbox, boxrule=.5pt, pad at break*=1mm, opacityfill=0"-*))((*- endif -*))

\begin{tcolorbox}[((( style )))]
(((- draw_prompt(cell, prompt, prompt_color, extra_space) )))
\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}]
((( text )))
\end{Verbatim}
\end{tcolorbox}
((*- endmacro *))
((*- endif -*))

% Name: draw_prompt
% Purpose: Renders an output/input prompt
((* macro draw_prompt(cell, prompt, prompt_color, extra_space) -*))
 ((*- if cell.execution_count is defined -*))
 ((*- set execution_count = "" ~ (cell.execution_count | replace(None, " ")) -*))
 ((*- else -*))((*- set execution_count = " " -*))((*- endif *))

 ((*- if (resources.global_content_filter.include_output_prompt and prompt == 'Out')
 or (resources.global_content_filter.include_input_prompt and prompt == 'In' ) *))
\prompt{(((prompt)))}{(((prompt_color)))}{(((execution_count)))}{(((extra_space)))}
 ((*- endif -*))
((*- endmacro *))

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