My eyes cann't read my notes in PowerPoint Presenters View

[DennisM]

Need help with this one. I just got PowerPoint 2003. The Presenters View with my laptop and a LCD projector is great for small group presentations. However, with my trifocals I can not read my notes when I stand to make the presentation. My frustration is I can not find a way to increase the size of the type in the note section.
I have tried increasing the font on the notes page, but when it flips into presenters view, the font formating is overwritten back to about font 14. I need about a 24 font size to be able to read the notes
I have also tried to change the font size with the masters, but i do not find a presenters view master

Any solutions?

 

[Pat Garard]

Print the Damn things, like everyone else does.
--
Regards,
Pat Garard
Australia

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Need help with this one. I just got PowerPoint 2003. The Presenters View

with my laptop and a LCD projector is great for small group presentations.
However, with my trifocals I can not read my notes when I stand to make the
presentation. My frustration is I can not find a way to increase the size of
the type in the note section.

I have tried increasing the font on the notes page, but when it flips into

presenters view, the font formating is overwritten back to about font 14. I
need about a 24 font size to be able to read the notes.

 

[NorBlue]

I quite agree with Pat. In this day & age it might seem retrograde to have
paper notes but they are faster to scribble on and act as a useful prop when
talking.
In any case when presenting to a group you should not be staring at a laptop
all the time - you need eye contact.
When presenting to around 150 clients we used to place the laptop facing us
next to the projector and manipulate it with a remote mouse. This had the
advantage that we did not need to look at the projector screen whilst
speaking but could see the builds by watching the laptop. Also if you
really need to refer to the notes to that degree do you need more practice??
John

Need help with this one. I just got PowerPoint 2003. The Presenters View

with my laptop and a LCD projector is great for small group presentations.
However, with my trifocals I can not read my notes when I stand to make the
presentation. My frustration is I can not find a way to increase the size of
the type in the note section.

I have tried increasing the font on the notes page, but when it flips into

presenters view, the font formating is overwritten back to about font 14. I
need about a 24 font size to be able to read the notes.

 

[Echo S]

You might try just a dual monitor setup instead of using Presenters
View, Dennis.

There's some info at http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00231.htm and
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00476.htm

 

[Ms G]

Hi Dennis,
There are some assistive technology features in Windows that you can use.
See www.microsoft.com/enable
None of us are getting any younger...

Glenna

Need help with this one. I just got PowerPoint 2003. The Presenters View

with my laptop and a LCD projector is great for small group presentations.
However, with my trifocals I can not read my notes when I stand to make the
presentation. My frustration is I can not find a way to increase the size of
the type in the note section.

I have tried increasing the font on the notes page, but when it flips into

presenters view, the font formating is overwritten back to about font 14. I
need about a 24 font size to be able to read the notes.

 

[DennisM]

Thanks for the feed back but none of the suggestions have been any help to this point. While I don't need the details of the speach, I normally have used a few key phrases to pick up what needs to be covered on each slide.

My greatest problem is the number that need to be quoted. These numbers will change as economic data is updated. My frustration is that when I stand to speak and glance down to the presenters notes to pick up the key numbers accurately, I can not see the font size through the lowest part of my glasses - the up close reading portion.
When I sit and glance at the screen, the font size is not a problem

I have taken one gracious response and changed the font size with the accessability wizard. Still no luck. The desk top changed, but the accessibility wizard did not impact the font size on presenter view
Any more ideas?

 

[Jose]

Any more ideas?

Trifocals.

 

[Echo S]

I think the problem is actually the Presenter View, as it doesn't allow
any control over what you see on the "presenter" computer.

Were you able to try just "regular" dual monitors (that is, displaying
on two monitors without using the actual Presenter View)? That should
give you more control over your computer so you can increase the zoom on
the notes area -- or show the increased font size.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality (adjustable speakers notes
text size in presenter view) that you are looking for.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint provide this kind of functionality, don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
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development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

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Microsoft Corporation
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