Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Adding Comments to Slides

The capability to add comments to slides is a useful reviewing utility that is shared with other Office XP applications, such as Word and Excel. You can use comments as part of PowerPoint's collaborative reviewing process or use the comments feature on its own.

Note

Comments aren't the same as notes. You add comments within a presentation to provide input on specific slides. Comments are usually deleted after you read them and update your presentation. Notes are information you keep with your presentation to provide additional information as you speak.

→ For details on creating notes, see “Creating Notes and Handouts” in Chapter 10, “Creating and Printing Presentation Materials.”

To add a comment to a slide, click the ...