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PowerPoint – Speaker Notes – version

XP

The Speaker Notes feature allows the presenter to enter and view reference notes and reminders while

showing a PowerPoint slide show to an audience. These notes are not visible to the audience.

Entering Speaker Notes To enter speaker notes, simply click in the box below the current slide and type.

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SAMPLE

NOTE: If the speaker notes box is not visible, place your mouse over the thin gray bar at the bottom of

the screen, and drag up.

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Viewing Speaker Notes During a Presentation – One Monitor If there is only one monitor connected to the presentation computer, it is not possible to view both the

show and the speaker notes simultaneously. In this case, you must print the speaker notes.

On the Print window, under Print What, use the drop down menu to choose Notes Pages.

SAMPLE PRINTED PAGES - SPEAKER NOTES

The speaker notes will pages will print one slide per page. Each page will display a copy of the slide

and the speaker notes below.

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Viewing Speaker Notes During a Presentation – Two Monitors

If there are two monitors connected to the presentation

computer, it is possible to view both the show and the

speaker notes simultaneously.

Choose Slide Show > Set Up Show.

Use the drop down menu to choose Primary Monitor. Then place a check in Show Presenter View.

Then click OK.

Start the slide show. The full slide in presentation view will display on the primary monitor. The

speaker notes will display on the secondary monitor. The audience sees only what is displayed on the

primary monitor.