How to create speakers notes for the PowerPoint presentation
PowerPoint
2016
When you prepare the presentation, you add some hints, the presentation plan, or even full text of your speech
into slides of the PowerPoint presentation. Later you will be able to use these notes during the presentation
(see how to view your
notes in the presentation mode.)
![Notes view in PowerPoint 2016 Notes view in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/1.png)
You can type your notes for the slide:
I. In the Normal view – in the Notes pane:
![Notes pane in PowerPoint 2016 Notes pane in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/2.png)
If you don't see the Notes pane in your slide, do one of the following:
- Just drag and drop up the line in the bottom of the slide:
![Notes cursor in PowerPoint 2016 Notes cursor in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/3.png)
- Click the Notes button in the status bar:
![Notes button in status bar in PowerPoint 2016 Notes button in status bar in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/4.png)
- On the View tab, in the Show group, click the Notes button:
![Notes button in PowerPoint 2016 Notes button in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/5.png)
II. In Notes Page view:
![Notes view in PowerPoint 2016 Notes view in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/6.png)
To open the Notes Page view, click the appropriate button on the View tab, in the Presentation View group:
![Notes page in PowerPoint 2016 Notes page in PowerPoint 2016](/images/tips/441_2016/7.png)
See also this tip in French: Comment créer des notes pour la présentation PowerPoint.