Add Speaker Notes

You can add speaker notes to help prepare what to say when presenting to an audience. During the slide show, presenter view displays the speaker notes on your monitor so that only you can see them (while also allowing you to take meeting notes as you present). If you want to share your notes with the audience, you can print them for distribution

 

Add Speaker Notes

1.   In the Navigation Pane, click the slide you want to add a speaker notes to

2.   If needed, click and grab onto the horizontal bar located below the slide  to expand the Speaker Notes area

3.   Enter the note for the current slide in Click to add note area

 


TIP       You can apply text formatting such as bold, italic, and underline to the notes. Text formatting is visible in Presenter View and Notes Page View

 

Change or Format a Note on a Slide

You can change the text or format a note while you create a slide or before you print handouts that contain both slides and notes. You can apply text formatting such as bold, italic, and underline to the notes. Text formatting is visible in Presenter View and Notes Page View

1.   In the Navigation Pane, click the slide that you want to change the notes formatting

2.   From the Menu Bar, click View > click Notes Page

3.   Do any of the following:

 

Print Slides Including Speaker Notes

1.   From the Menu Bar, click File > choose Print

2.   In the Print dialog box, do the following:

  • Click the Print What list down arrow > select Notes

NOTE         If you don't see this option, click the arrow   to expand the Print dialog box.

  • The preview of the slide with the Speaker Notes is displayed on the Preview area
  • Click Print button