How can you add speaker notes to a PowerPoint slide? You can add speaker notes by clicking on "View" and then selecting "Notes Page" to open the notes pane ...

PowerPoint offers several ways to view a presentation, each suited to a different task. Slide Sorter view shows small thumbnails of every slide for reordering them, Presenter view is used while actually delivering the presentation and shows notes only to the speaker on a separate screen, and Reading view displays the slides full-screen for reviewing content without editing tools.

To add speaker notes directly onto a slide, the correct approach is to open the View tab and select Notes Page. This view displays each slide with a text box beneath it specifically for typing notes that the presenter can refer to, and clicking into that area allows the notes to be typed or edited directly.

The distinction to hold onto is that Presenter view displays notes that already exist while presenting, whereas Notes Page view is where those notes are actually written and edited beforehand.