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brian.borowsky
As a principal in a small training business, I use PowerPoint an awful
lot. Not surprisingly, it doesn't always do what I want it to.
Here's what I want to do:
When we create materials for courses, we have three documents that are
associated:
A. the slide deck, used during the presentation
B. the user handouts, a subset of the slide deck, but including notes,
comments, exercises embedded in the notes section
C. the speaker notes, a subset of the slide deck, but including how to
run the discussion, questions to ask, etc. This would be MORE than the
"comments" function, as I need the formatability/configurability of the
"Notes" function.
Essentially each slide has associated with it three attributes: the
slide itself, a user handout, and speaking notes. But I can't get
PowerPoint to deal with more than 2 at a time. I essentially need 2
Notes sections that I can toggle at Print.
The key issue here is that I am looking to reduce duplication -
therefore I want ONE file, with ONE slide for each page, but with ALL
three attributes. I know that I can duplicate the slide and use one for
instructor notes and one for handouts - but I want to do better than
that!
I want to be able to have one file, and then print, selecting which
attributes to print.
The question is:
Is this possible within the current out of the box PowerPoint product?
If yes, how do I do it? If no, do you think it is possible to write a
plugin or complementary application to make it work?
lot. Not surprisingly, it doesn't always do what I want it to.
Here's what I want to do:
When we create materials for courses, we have three documents that are
associated:
A. the slide deck, used during the presentation
B. the user handouts, a subset of the slide deck, but including notes,
comments, exercises embedded in the notes section
C. the speaker notes, a subset of the slide deck, but including how to
run the discussion, questions to ask, etc. This would be MORE than the
"comments" function, as I need the formatability/configurability of the
"Notes" function.
Essentially each slide has associated with it three attributes: the
slide itself, a user handout, and speaking notes. But I can't get
PowerPoint to deal with more than 2 at a time. I essentially need 2
Notes sections that I can toggle at Print.
The key issue here is that I am looking to reduce duplication -
therefore I want ONE file, with ONE slide for each page, but with ALL
three attributes. I know that I can duplicate the slide and use one for
instructor notes and one for handouts - but I want to do better than
that!
I want to be able to have one file, and then print, selecting which
attributes to print.
The question is:
Is this possible within the current out of the box PowerPoint product?
If yes, how do I do it? If no, do you think it is possible to write a
plugin or complementary application to make it work?