PresentationML Slides - Notes Slide

A notes slide contains a thumbnail of the corresponding presentation slide together with notes displayed below the thumbnail. The slide thumbnail is contained within a placeholder of type 'sldImg'. The text of the notes is contained within a placeholder of type 'body'. See Slides - Overview for more on placeholders. The notes slide can have additional content, different headers and footers, and different styles from the corresponding presentation slide. For example, below shows a notes slide with a text box indicating that the slide is confidential. Below that is the same slide in a normal view, i.e., as a presentation slide.

The same slide as a presentation slide (i.e., in normal view) is below.

The underlying XML for the notes slide is below. The thumbnail and notes placeholders are colored.

<p:notes . . . >

<p:cSld>

. . .

<p:spTree>

. . .

<p:sp>

<p:nvSpPr>

<p:cNvPr id="2" name="Slide Image Placeholder 1"/>

. . .

<p:nvPr>

<p:ph type="sldImg"/>

</p:nvPr>

</p:nvSpPr>

. . .

</p:sp>

<p:sp>

<p:nvSpPr>

<p:cNvPr id="3" name="Notes Placeholder 2"/>

. . .

<p:nvPr>

<p:ph type="body" idx="1"/>

</p:nvPr>

</p:nvSpPr>

. . .

</p:sp>

<p:sp>

<p:nvSpPr>

<p:cNvPr id="4" name="Slide Number Placeholder 3"/>

. . .

<p:nvPr>

<p:ph type="sldNum" sz="quarter" idx="10"/>

</p:nvPr>

</p:nvSpPr>

. . .

</p:sp>

<p:sp>

<p:nvSpPr>

<p:cNvPr id="5" name="TextBox 4"/>

. . .

</p:nvSpPr>

<p:spPr>

. . .

</p:spPr>

<p:txBody>

. . .

<p:p>

<p:r>

<p:rPr . . ./>

<p:t>Confidential</p:t>

</p:r>

</p:p>

. . .

</p:txBody>

. . .

</p:sp>

</p:spTree>

</p:cSld>

. . .

</p:notes>

The note slides of a presentation are each contained within a notes slide part (within the notesSlides folder). There is a notes slide for each slide that has notes. If there is a notes slide for a slide, then that notes slide is referenced in the .rels file for the slide. So, for example, if slide 2 has notes, the .rels file for slide 2 will have a relationship to the notes slide: <Relationship Id="rId2" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/notesSlide" Target="../notesSlides/notesSlide2.xml"/>. The notes slides are not referenced in the presentation.xml.

The content model for a notes slide is similar to a presentation slide, except that it does not contain a timing or transition element. The significant differences relate to the placeholders that they have. The presentation has a set of shapes with placeholders and other content. The notes slide does not have the same shapes and content as its corresponding presentation slide. It has only a placeholder for the thumbnail image of the presentation slide, as well as a placeholder for the notes content, and it may have other shapes and content as desired (defined for all notes slide in the master notes slide or for a particular notes slide in that notes slide). See Slides - Overview for a comparison of the content models of the various slide types. The root element of a notes slide is the <p:notes> element. Below is a table showing the possible children of the root element, followed by a table showing the attributes of the root <p:notes> element.

Elements:

Element	Description
<p:clrMapOvr>	Specifies overrides of the color scheme that is specified in the master slide's <p:clrMap>. For details, see Slide Properties - Color Scheme.
<p:cSld>	Specifies the slide content. For details, see Slides - Common Slide Data.

The attributes are:

Attributes:

Attribute	Description
showMasterPhAnim	Specifies whether to display animations on placeholders from the master slide. Values are booleans.
showMasterSp	Specifies whether shapes from the master should be displayed on slides or not. Values are booleans.