Editing notes in the Outline tab, Office 2003

[nomadphil]

Hi All,

I am wondering if it is possible to edit slide notes in the Outline tab in
Powerpoint? Being familiar with editing in outline mode in Word, I prefer
this view for building the slide content. If it is not possible, am I correct
in saying that the F6 shortcut is my best option to hop between the Outline
tab and the Notes region?

I actually prefer to edit in Word, but have not been able to find a way of
porting my slide content with notes from Word across to Powerpoint. The slide
text works well, it is very easy to quickly go from Word to a nicely
formatted set of slides. I've tried everything I can think of to get notes
type text across (using style names, putting notes as Word Comments...)

I'm a novice with Powerpoint, but would really appreciate better integration
between the notes and the slides. I imagine a note editing mechanism like
comments in Word, so you could associate blocks of note text to individual
slide points. Like Word, it could include 2 display modes, one with the Notes
(comment) beside the related text, the other with the notes collated down the
bottom of the screen.

thanks,
Phil

 

[nomadphil]

Thanks Steve,

Appreciate the reply, I'll try working in Notes view mode and see how that
feels.

Phil

PS - you're right on the money, i'm almost fanatical about working sans mouse