Notes Page View in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

PowerPoint has several views that let you view your slides or edit them. Speaker notes associated with slides are typically visible in both Normal and Presenter view.

Notes Page view also enables you to view your speaker notes in a page view, as shown in Figure 1, below. Each slide created contains its own Notes page. You can print these pages out to use as a reference while delivering the presentation. The notes do not show on the screen during Slide Show view.

Figure 1: Notes Page view in PowerPoint 2010

To access Notes Page view, select the View tab on the Ribbon, locate the Presentation Views group, and click the Notes Page button, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below. Doing so brings up Notes Page view that you have already seen in Figure 1, above.

Figure 2: Notes Page button within Presentation Views group

Here is a description of the various elements within Notes Page view, as shown in Figure 1, previously on this page:

Slide Preview on Notes Page

The large box on the top half of the page is a single slide that shows the same slide that you see in Normal view.

Notes Area on Notes Page

The slightly larger box located on the bottom half of the page is the Notes area, this contains the same notes that are available within the Notes pane of Normal view.

Zoom Slider on Notes Page

Remember that you can use the Zoom slider which is placed towards the right on the Status bar to get a better, zoomed-in view of any part of the Notes Page, as shown in Figure 3, below.

Figure 3: Zoom slider on the Status bar