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Learn how and when to use Presenter Notes and the Presenter Display.
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Topic
Learn how and when to use Presenter Notes and the Presenter Display.
When to use
The use of Presenter Notes and a presenter display can help to make you look like an ultra-professional presenter when presenting to a large group. In addition, the Presenter Notes can be used for post-presentation hand-outs.
Instructions
Presenting in front of a large audience can be daunting. Presenter Notes and a presenter display can help keep your nerves at rest.
Think of Presenter Notes as digital 3x5 cards.
Presenter Notes can be used in 2 ways:
- on a presenter display
- printed as hand-outs
To add Presenter Notes:
- go to View > Show Presenter Notes
- add new notes to the Presenter Notes section below the canvas
Presenter Notes can include anything, including the following:
- personal information
- technical specifications
- product information
- reminders
- dates/events
Note: keep your notes short and concise.
We can show our Presenter Notes on our presenter display:
- begin presentation by clicking “Play” on the toolbar
- click the presenter display options button on the presenter display
- check the “Presenter Notes” checkbox to enable Presenter Notes
Presenter display options include:
- current slide
- next slide
- Presenter Notes
- ready to advance indicator
- clock
- timer (elapsed or remaining)
- 00:04 I remember the first time that I gave a presentation in front of a large group.
- 00:09 There were roughly 350 people in the audience.
- 00:11 And although I had a few weeks to prepare,
- 00:14 it was the most nervous that I think I had ever been.
- 00:17 The night before I was reviewing my notes over and over and over again.
- 00:21 To the point that I slept very little that night.
- 00:24 The next morning, I stood to the side of the stage ready to go on, I was confident.
- 00:29 The moment I took the stage everything that I had rehearsed was completely gone,
- 00:33 my mind went blank.
- 00:35 As a result I did what no presenter should ever do, ever.
- 00:40 I turned my back to the audience to see what was on the slide.
- 00:43 I use the screen behind me as my cue cards.
- 00:46 It was that day that I fell in love with Presenter Notes.
- 00:50 Think of Presenter Notes as digital three by five cards.
- 00:53 Each slide has its own notes, that act as a cheat sheet for that slide.
- 00:58 When it's presentation time,
- 01:00 these presenter notes can prompt your thoughts in one of two ways.
- 01:04 First, you can refer to them on a special presenter display which sits in
- 01:07 front of you.
- 01:08 This is typically found with larger audiences, and
- 01:11 does require a second display designated as a presenter display.
- 01:16 Which is hidden from the audience's view.
- 01:18 Second, these presenter notes can be printed alongside the slides for handouts.
- 01:23 Let's first look at how we can add presenter notes to our slide deck.
- 01:27 By default presenter notes are hidden, so
- 01:29 in order to add presenter notes we need to unhide this feature.
- 01:33 To do this we need to go to view, show presenter notes.
- 01:37 This will open a new window at the bottom of key note which will be blank to
- 01:40 start with.
- 01:41 As we start to formulate our thoughts on our particular slide
- 01:45 We can add those thoughts here.
- 01:47 Lets walk through what this could look like.
- 01:49 On our intro slide I may want to introduce myself and
- 01:52 my credentials, I may also want to build a relationship
- 01:55 with my audience by talking a little bit about my family and hobbies.
- 01:59 On slide two I may want to introduce a product that I've been working on,
- 02:03 as I'm adding this information it's important to keep your thoughts short and
- 02:06 concise If they become too lengthy you spend too much of your time
- 02:10 reading the slides and less time engaging your audience by looking them in the eyes.
- 02:15 Once we have built out our presenter notes, let's look at how we can use them.
- 02:19 When it comes time to present, and
- 02:20 we're lucky enough to have a presenter display set up in the front of us to refer
- 02:24 to during the presentation, we can choose to add presenter notes to this display.
- 02:29 In order to do this, we first need to enter slide show mode.
- 02:32 We do this by simply pressing the play button on the tool bar.
- 02:36 Next we'll click this button here,
- 02:38 which will show us tools we can use while presenting.
- 02:42 You'll notice some of the options are already selected while others are not.
- 02:46 By checking the box, we will turn on presenter notes.
- 02:49 And they will appear at the bottom of our presenter display.
- 02:52 Pretty slick, right?
- 02:54 While we're here,
- 02:55 let's walk through some of the other features of the presenter display.
- 02:58 On the left side of the display we see the current slide, or
- 03:02 more technically accurate our current build.
- 03:05 If we have several builds on a single slide the left slide will
- 03:08 show us what the slide looks like on the big screen So
- 03:11 that we don't need to face away from the audience to see what's happening.
- 03:14 On the right side of the display we see what the slide will look like
- 03:18 after we advance the slide.
- 03:20 This maybe after the next build on the same slide, or
- 03:23 it may be the next slide altogether.
- 03:26 The green bar at the top is our animation indicator.
- 03:29 If it's safe to advance to the next build or slide, it will be green.
- 03:34 If the slide is in the process of a build or an action, or
- 03:37 if it's playing a video, the bar will turn red.
- 03:41 This is your indication to wait until the build action, transition or
- 03:45 even video has completed and the bar turns green again.
- 03:49 The timer shown at the top is the current time.
- 03:52 In some cases, we care less about the current time, and
- 03:55 more about the allotted presentation time that we've been given.
- 03:59 If this is the case, we would want to enable the timer tool.
- 04:02 With this tool, we can choose to display a count up timer, or a count down timer.
- 04:08 Both are very valid tools and the choice would depend on personal preference and
- 04:12 circumstances.
- 04:14 In the top left corner you will see a show navigator button.
- 04:17 Clicking this will temporarily show a list of your slides on the left side of
- 04:20 the display.
- 04:22 This feature is less commonly used on the presenter display only because you usually
- 04:26 control your slides Under these conditions with a presentation remote and
- 04:30 not keyboard or mouse connected to your computer.
- 04:33 Now that we have explored the presenter display,
- 04:35 let's talk about the way to use presenter notes which is by way of slight hand outs.
- 04:40 With our presentation done it can sometimes be a good idea to distribute
- 04:44 a copy of our slides to certain audience members.
- 04:48 This can be done by going to file and print, or command P.
- 04:52 When we click on show details here, the print dialogue window will expand,
- 04:57 reveling more options that are specific to keynote.
- 05:00 We have various types of prints that we can choose from, but what i wanted to draw
- 05:04 your attention to here, is your option to include presenter notes.
- 05:09 Selecting this option will include your presenter notes on the printout.
- 05:13 From here, we can either print a hard copy of our slides.
- 05:16 Or generate a PDF that we can distribute to our audience members electronically.
- 05:20 These presenter tools can really help you to look your very best in
- 05:23 front of a large audience.
- 05:25 The key to any great presenter is that they know how to be their natural self.
- 05:29 The use of presenter notes is key to achieving this.
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