Add speaker notes to each slide to help you remember what you're going to say when you present.

In Presenter view, you can see your notes as you present, while the audience sees only your slides. The notes appear in a pane on the right. If you need to add or delete something, simply click in the text …

You can print your speaker notes, with or without thumbnail images of the corresponding slides, and hand them out to your audience to view after your presentation.

Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint can help you add speaker notes to your presentation.

In PowerPoint, you can print your slides, your speaker notes, and create handouts for your audience.

Presentation citations or references in the body of text on a slide are either explained in footnotes at the bottom of a slide or in endnotes following the presentation. When you add a footnote to a slide you …

You'll learn how to use speaker notes to add reminders or talking points for the presenter, and use comments to give your colleagues feedback about their presentations.

Learn how to add, delete, hide, or edit comments in PowerPoint presentations, especially if you're collaborating with others.

In the Notes pane, you can add reminders, talking points, or other information to help you in front of your audience. Here's how to change the text formatting of your notes.

You can create and print Notes pages to accompany you when you present a PowerPoint slide show. A printed Notes page shows a slide thumbnail on one half of the page, and speaker notes on the other …