Notes won't show up in Presenter View

[jason]

Hey all,

I've got 1/2 hour to solve this. Using multiple monitors to run
presentation, using PP 03, and Presenter view works but will not pull
the notes. They're there in the slide show but do not come up in
Presenter view.

Any ideas!!?

 

[jason]

Hey all,

I've got 1/2 hour to solve this.  Using multiple monitors to run
presentation, using PP 03, and Presenter view works but will not pull
the notes.  They're there in the slide show but do not come up in
Presenter view.

Any ideas!!?

The presenters are on the road so I have some more time to figure this
out before they present. To be more specific, the notes are loaded
into each slide. I have all the Presenter View settings correct, F5
to run the show, Presenter View comes up but we don't see the notes.
Close the PV and the notes are there. Couldn't find anything on MS
site...

 

[jason]

Go to notes view and go to one of the pages where the notes DO show.

Select the notes text placeholder (click in it then press ESC)
Run this macro:

Sub WhoAmI()
   With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1)
      Msgbox .Name
   End With
End Sub

Note the name that's displayed.

Now go to one of the slides where notes do NOT show in presenter view.
Repeat the same process as above.

Check a few other slides similarly, picking some where the notes show, some
where they don't.

Do you notice any pattern in the way the notes text boxes are named?

If so, let us know what the names are.  

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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PPTools:  www.pptools.com
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None of the notes show, from any slides. It's as if there aren't any
notes in the presentation when we go to Presenter View.

 

[Enric Mañas]

Jason,

Any chance the ppt has been saved with PowerPoint 2007?

Are there "page numbers" or other items selectable as text boxes?

Delete them...

Very cordialmente

Enric
--
Enric Mañas [MS MVP PowerPoint]


"jason" <[email protected]> escribió en el mensaje

Go to notes view and go to one of the pages where the notes DO show.

Select the notes text placeholder (click in it then press ESC)
Run this macro:

Sub WhoAmI()
With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1)
Msgbox .Name
End With
End Sub

Note the name that's displayed.

Now go to one of the slides where notes do NOT show in presenter view.
Repeat the same process as above.

Check a few other slides similarly, picking some where the notes show,
some
where they don't.

Do you notice any pattern in the way the notes text boxes are named?

If so, let us know what the names are.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USAwww.pptlive.com

None of the notes show, from any slides. It's as if there aren't any
notes in the presentation when we go to Presenter View.

 

[Enric Mañas]

Presenter view looks for the second shape on the notes page and assumes

that it's the notes text placeholder. Bad move. It won't always be.

"Interesting, though elementary"

;-)

FWIW...

Sub FixNotesPageShapeOrer()

Orer?

mindHound

Enric

 

[Enric Mañas]

It's Latin for "What do you want, good code or good spelling?"

;-)

Your Latin seems Greek to me...

;-)

 

[jason]

Does it say something about "no notes" where the notes should be?

I was able to repro this.  Can we name the bug after you?  
'Cause it's definitely a bug in presenter view.
I've sent a report on up the line.

Here's what's happening:

Presenter view looks for the second shape on the notes page and assumes that it's
the notes text placeholder.  Bad move.  It won't always be.

I'm guessing that if you go into notes view and hit TAB twice, the selected shape
will be something other than the notes placeholder.

To fix it, make sure that the notes placeholder is the second shape on the slide.
Simplest way to do this is to select it then send it to back, then selectthe slide
image and send it to back.

Or if there's just one add'l shape on the notes page, select it and bringit to
front.

If it's a humongo show, we can probably help cobble you up a macro to do this
automatically.  Um.  You've got a tight deadline, don't you?  And Iwon't be at the
computer this weekend.  Lemme fix you up now ...

Correct the order of shapes on Notes Pages. Fix disappearing notes in presenter
view.http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00951.htm

There ya go.  Run that on a COPY of your presentation, 'kay.  There'ssafety in
numbers.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
PPTools:  www.pptools.com
================================================
Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USAwww.pptlive.com

Hey Steve-

Thank you for your help. The users have reported that for some reason
it just started working. Obviously, that's not exactly an acceptable
answer so when they get back I'm going to try what you recommend.

Cheers- Jason

 

[jason]

Does it say something about "no notes" where the notes should be?

I was able to repro this.  Can we name the bug after you?  
'Cause it's definitely a bug in presenter view.
I've sent a report on up the line.

Here's what's happening:

Presenter view looks for the second shape on the notes page and assumes that it's
the notes text placeholder.  Bad move.  It won't always be.

I'm guessing that if you go into notes view and hit TAB twice, the selected shape
will be something other than the notes placeholder.

To fix it, make sure that the notes placeholder is the second shape on the slide.
Simplest way to do this is to select it then send it to back, then selectthe slide
image and send it to back.

Or if there's just one add'l shape on the notes page, select it and bringit to
front.

If it's a humongo show, we can probably help cobble you up a macro to do this
automatically.  Um.  You've got a tight deadline, don't you?  And Iwon't be at the
computer this weekend.  Lemme fix you up now ...

Correct the order of shapes on Notes Pages. Fix disappearing notes in presenter
view.http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00951.htm

There ya go.  Run that on a COPY of your presentation, 'kay.  There'ssafety in
numbers.

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ:  www.pptfaq.com
PPTools:  www.pptools.com
================================================
Live and in personable in the Help Center at PowerPoint Live
Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USAwww.pptlive.com

Almost forgot- You can absolutely name it after me!

 

[Glen Millar]

Sept 21-24, San Diego CA, USAwww.pptlive.com

Hey Steve-

Thank you for your help. The users have reported that for some reason
it just started working. Obviously, that's not exactly an acceptable
answer so when they get back I'm going to try what you recommend.

Cheers- Jason

You take a car to the garage and it refuses to muck up. Don't you just hate
that ;-)

 

[Enric Mañas]

Geek.

Not Greek. Geek.

Keeg... I thought it had to do something with "Jason and the Internauts"