[Peter T. Daniels]

I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)

[Peter T. Daniels]

I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...



I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)-

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

My experience with PPT, as an "expert" Word user, have been uniformly
frustrating, and not just in the Notes pane. I gather that PPT 2007 has some
of the features I miss, but I've been using 2003 because so far most of the
presentations I've made have been for a client still using Office 2003. In
your situation, I'd be inclined to compose the text in Word and paste it
into PPT at the very least (if there's a lot of it).

I'm hoping that someday I'll become more than a total novice PPT user, but I
suspect that most PPT experts know more about Word (because everybody uses
it) than I do about PPT!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the
notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out
a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...



I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)-

[Peter T. Daniels]

There's _one_ advantage: I can rearrange slides and the text goes
with. That's better than having the two programs open and dealing with
both slides and Outline View.

--
No "transitions" or "animations," though.

On Jan 22, 10:19*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
My experience with PPT, as an "expert" Word user, have been uniformly
frustrating, and not just in the Notes pane. I gather that PPT 2007 has some
of the features I miss, but I've been using 2003 because so far most of the
presentations I've made have been for a client still using Office 2003. In
your situation, I'd be inclined to compose the text in Word and paste it
into PPT at the very least (if there's a lot of it).

I'm hoping that someday I'll become more than a total novice PPT user, but I
suspect that most PPT experts know more about Word (because everybody uses
it) than I do about PPT!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...
I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. *And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the
notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out
a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...

I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)--

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I've never tried the technique of creating on outline in Word and then
importing it into PPT to create slides, and that's not the issue you're
dealing with, anyway, so it's irrelevant, but it's one feature to remember.

As for the Notes, if are strictly speaker notes (just for your own use, not
for handouts), the formatting is not critical provided they convey the
mental jogs you need to explicate the slide content. The speaker notes
aren't really intended to be any more formal than the 3x5 cards you might
have had before PPT existed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
There's _one_ advantage: I can rearrange slides and the text goes
with. That's better than having the two programs open and dealing with
both slides and Outline View.

--
No "transitions" or "animations," though.

On Jan 22, 10:19 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
My experience with PPT, as an "expert" Word user, have been uniformly
frustrating, and not just in the Notes pane. I gather that PPT 2007 has
some
of the features I miss, but I've been using 2003 because so far most of
the
presentations I've made have been for a client still using Office 2003. In
your situation, I'd be inclined to compose the text in Word and paste it
into PPT at the very least (if there's a lot of it).

I'm hoping that someday I'll become more than a total novice PPT user, but
I
suspect that most PPT experts know more about Word (because everybody uses
it) than I do about PPT!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the
notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print
out
a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker
notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...

I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the
dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)--

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I've never tried the technique of creating on outline in Word and then
importing it into PPT to create slides, and that's not the issue you're
dealing with, anyway, so it's irrelevant, but it's one feature to remember.

As for the Notes, if are strictly speaker notes (just for your own use, not
for handouts), the formatting is not critical provided they convey the
mental jogs you need to explicate the slide content. The speaker notes
aren't really intended to be any more formal than the 3x5 cards you might
have had before PPT existed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
There's _one_ advantage: I can rearrange slides and the text goes
with. That's better than having the two programs open and dealing with
both slides and Outline View.

--
No "transitions" or "animations," though.

On Jan 22, 10:19 am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
My experience with PPT, as an "expert" Word user, have been uniformly
frustrating, and not just in the Notes pane. I gather that PPT 2007 has
some
of the features I miss, but I've been using 2003 because so far most of
the
presentations I've made have been for a client still using Office 2003. In
your situation, I'd be inclined to compose the text in Word and paste it
into PPT at the very least (if there's a lot of it).

I'm hoping that someday I'll become more than a total novice PPT user, but
I
suspect that most PPT experts know more about Word (because everybody uses
it) than I do about PPT!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...
I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the
notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print
out
a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker
notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...

I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the
dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)--

[Peter T. Daniels]

There's _one_ advantage: I can rearrange slides and the text goes
with. That's better than having the two programs open and dealing with
both slides and Outline View.

--
No "transitions" or "animations," though.

On Jan 22, 10:19*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
My experience with PPT, as an "expert" Word user, have been uniformly
frustrating, and not just in the Notes pane. I gather that PPT 2007 has some
of the features I miss, but I've been using 2003 because so far most of the
presentations I've made have been for a client still using Office 2003. In
your situation, I'd be inclined to compose the text in Word and paste it
into PPT at the very least (if there's a lot of it).

I'm hoping that someday I'll become more than a total novice PPT user, but I
suspect that most PPT experts know more about Word (because everybody uses
it) than I do about PPT!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...
I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. *And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:



The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the
notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out
a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...

I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)--

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

My experience with PPT, as an "expert" Word user, have been uniformly
frustrating, and not just in the Notes pane. I gather that PPT 2007 has some
of the features I miss, but I've been using 2003 because so far most of the
presentations I've made have been for a client still using Office 2003. In
your situation, I'd be inclined to compose the text in Word and paste it
into PPT at the very least (if there's a lot of it).

I'm hoping that someday I'll become more than a total novice PPT user, but I
suspect that most PPT experts know more about Word (because everybody uses
it) than I do about PPT!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the
notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out
a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in
...



I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)-

[Peter T. Daniels]

I've made some slides and am typing the talk in the Notes frame for
each slide as I make them. Whether I'll keep them there for the final
product remains to be seen.

It's really annoying that the simplest word processing acts (like
double-clicking to select a word) don't work. And there aren't any
templates to put my keyboard shortcuts in.

On Jan 21, 2:48*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in ...



I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)-

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The one advantage I can see of the Notes is that you will see only the notes
for the slide you are currently showing. Alternatively, you can print out a
notes page that has a thumbnail of your slide along with the speaker notes
and use that as hard copy.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message
...
I'm giving a lecture next month, only my third with a PowerPoint
presentation -- and only the first that'll have an audience of more
than about 10, so I'll be writing it out fully in advance. And with
the new Windows 7 laptop (yay!), I can even take advantage of the dual-
monitor thing and have the slide show on the projector and a working
view on the computer.

Does anyone know of arguments for or against using the Notes function
in PowerPoint to contain my entire text, vs. simply writing it in a
word processor the usual way and printing it out?

(I am assuming that I can write it in Word and paste it into PP's
Notes frame slide by slide.)