Create Speaker Notes

Sometimes a presenter needs to do a lot of talking to support the bulleted list on the slide, so keeping some notes handy is a good idea. Or if the presentation’s creator and the presenter are different people, it’s important for the creator to communicate ideas to the presenter.

Notes Page button

To create speaker notes, switch to notes page view by clicking the Notes Page button. Just click in the box at the bottom of the screen and begin typing your notes.

Zoom box

Get a closer look   The Zoom box gets you up close to your work, no matter what view you’re in. Just type or select the percentage you want. Create and edit notes from other views   You can type your notes without leaving slide view or slide sorter view. Click Speaker Notes (View menu) and type your notes. Fit more notes on a page   If you need more room for text, you can reposition and change the size of the slide image on the notes page by clicking the slide image and then dragging. Use the Notes Master to have your changes apply to all notes pages at once. Click Master (View menu) and then click Notes Master. For more information, see Apply Master Formatting.

Setting Default Print Options

Usually when you click the Print button, you print slides. If you’d prefer that something else, such as three-per-page handouts, be the default for a particular presentation, click Options (Tools menu). On the Print tab, select the options you want.

Office Assistant button

Want to know more?   Look up Getting Results - Handouts in Help.