Create Audience Handouts

PowerPoint provides three built-in layouts for handouts, giving you several ways to put your presentation in the hands of the audience. When you print, select one of the Handouts options in the Print what list in the Print dialog box (File menu) to create paper versions of your slides.

Share your notes?   When making notes for yourself, your writing style can be as casual as you like. But if it makes sense to provide some of this information to the audience, you can employ a more formal writing style and print copies of your notes pages instead of using handouts. Leave note-taking space on handouts   Handouts that contain three slides per page include lines to the right of each slide for your audience to write their own notes during the presentation. Add headers and footers   When you print handouts and notes, you can add information such as page numbers and the date at the top and bottom of each page by clicking Header and Footer (View menu).

Handouts and Animated Slides

If your on-screen presentation uses animated slides, those on which items are revealed one at a time, you have a decision to make when you print your handouts. You can either print the animated slides showing each new bullet as a separate slide on your handouts, or just print the whole slide with all the bullets visible. If any slide in your presentation contains an animation, you can select the Slides (with animations) option when you print. For more information about animated slides, see Prepare for an Electronic Presentation.