On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, D & L Koch wrote:

> Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > Anyone know how to add "instructor" notes to Openoffice.org Impress slides
> > for my own use but not displayed to overhead or printed for students?
> > 
> > <snip>
> >   
> Method 1:  Above the slides, as you create them, there are 5 tabs.  The 
> center tab is titled "Notes" and can be used for such.

Okay, I see that. In fact, some notes have already been added. (As you can 
imagine I am really a beginner with impress :) I do have lots of 
experience is with LaTeX, Beamer, LyX, HTML, and other formats for 
generating overhead presentations and print handouts.)

> Method 2:  Try typing notes in the space below the slide.  I tried it 
> and the notes remained visible to me, but did not show in slideshow 
> mode.

I don't see that yet though. By laptop display shows the slide but not my 
notes. I need to figure out the multiple monitor setup as maybe that is 
related. Any other configurations related to this "notes" in openoffice? 
Since I don't have the overhead video projection here, I will test by 
plugging in an external monitor.

I am using X.org's intel driver. I am using openoffice2-2.4.2nb4 from 
pkgsrc. (OpenOffice.org 3 didn't work with the impress documented created 
and maintained in OpenOffice.org 2 by someone else. I will try to make a 
simple test case and report that separately.)

I also want to print the "notes" for the instructor's own materials. I 
tried using both export PDF and file->Print and chose the notes, but 
didn't see them.

I now see the Handout tab and the format is two slides (one above the 
other) per printed sheet. Maybe for notes printout, I'd like to have one 
slide per page shown at top half of paper and then the notes (if any) 
printed on bottom half of same page. Any suggestions on this?

I found some docs. I am currently looking at 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Impress_Guide/Controlling_printing
 
and 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Impress_Guide/Adding_and_formatting_notes
 
(which maybe has a typo as says to see chapter 9 for more printing details 
but I think it should be chapter 10) and nearby pages.

I also received some other emails offlist. Thank you all who shared some 
ideas.

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