Using Notes

When you're giving a presentation, cue cards are a handy item. Not only do they help relieve anxiety caused by stage fright, but they also enhance a presentation. You can develop notes and print them with a copy of the slide to help keep your presentation on course. To provide your audience with more information, print a notes page that they can take home.

Adding Notes to a Slide

1. Click on the Normal View button. Your slide will appear in Normal view.

   

2. Click and drag the bar up to the middle between the Slide pane and the Notes pane. The mouse pointer will turn into a double arrow, and an outline of the bar will show how the pane size will be changed.

3. Release the mouse button. The two panes will be resized, and you'll have more room to work in the Notes pane.

4. Display the slide to which you want to add the notes. The slide will appear in the Slide pane.

   

5. Click inside the Notes pane and type notes as desired. These notes can be anything that will help you remember what you need to say, or that will provide additional background as needed during the presentation.

Tip 

When a presentation is displayed as Web pages, notes can be shown on a page along with the corresponding slide.

Working in Notes Page View

Notes Page view is a special view designed specifically for typing and editing notes. It displays each slide as it will appear when you print Speaker Notes.

1. Click on View. The View menu will appear.

   

2. Click on Notes Page. The Notes page for the slide will appear. This is actually a preview of what the Notes page will look like when printed.

3. Click on the down arrow next to the Zoom button and select a magnification level.

   

4. Edit the notes. The notes will appear below a sample of the slide.

   

5. Click on the Normal View button. The selected slide will appear in Normal view. You won't see the images that you added to the Notes page in the Notes pane.