Title: Add notes in PowerPoint in Slide Show view
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Add notes in PowerPoint in Slide Show view
How to add notes in PowerPoint in Slide Show view
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Add notes in PowerPoint in Slide Show view
March 14, 2001 by Ellen Finkelstein 23 Comments
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It’s not unusual for a speaker to need to write down notes during a presentation, especially in a meeting environment–without going out of Slide Show view. For example, you might want to keep track of decisions made, actions steps to take (and who should take them), questions/suggestions from the audience, and so on. PowerPoint used to contain features to allow this, but PowerPoint 2007 removed the last one. I think these features are very useful, but Microsoft apparently doesn’t. I assume that their research showed that people didn’t use them. You now need to return to pen and paper — or do you? How to add notes in PowerPoint in Slide Show view
You can use an advanced feature of PowerPoint to create a text box that lets you type while in Slide Show view. Note: I’ve adapted this technique from a post that Sonia Coleman wrote a long time ago.