User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
speaker notes.
To create a slide show and have access to the Slide Show palette, ensure that you select
Presentation as the document type.
To view the speaker notes while showing the slide show, your presentation must be in .CVX
format. You must also select Show Speaker Notes in the Slide Show palette.
To create speaker notes:
1.
Select the Speaker Notes tool.
The cursor changes to a crosshair.
2. Click the crosshair in the slide area. A Speaker Notes object appears with a gray circle that
indicates that no notes have been entered.
3. Double-click on the Speaker Note graphic to open the Speaker Note dialog box.
4. Enter the text in the dialog box and click OK when you have finished. The circle turns green
indicating that the Speaker Note contains text.
You can also enter text in the field that appears in the Properties bar when the Speaker
Notes tool is selected. Click Create. The Speaker Notes object appears in the upper left
corner of the layout area.
You can update or delete the text at any time by selecting the Speaker Notes object and updating the
text in the field that appears in the Properties bar. Click in the layout area to deselect the Speaker
Notes object. The text is updated.
If you delete the Speaker Notes object, any text that it contains will be deleted.
To play a slide show that contains speaker notes:
1. Choose Layout | Slide Show to open the Slide Show palette.
2. Deselect the Fit to screen check box. If this option is selected, the Speaker Notes will not be
visible.
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