How do I change the displayed notes font size?

[Dave Pettit]

I am using PPT 2003. I have a set of PPT slide shows from a textbook
publisher. I want to add notes to each slide to help with my teaching. The
Notes Master has font settings of 24 and 12 points for the outline. (These
sizes are correct for Print Preview.) But the Normal View Notes pane shows
only a 6 point font. This is hard to read and edit. I want to change these
presentations so that the font displays larger in Normal View.

I have tried changing the Notes Master with no effect. I have changed the
font size of the Notes text while in Normal View, but it only changed the
size of what is printed or displayed in Print Preview. I have tried saving
the presentation as a Web page and reloading it without any success--no
change to the Notes Pane.

When I start a new presentation, the Notes Pane shows a 12 point font.

There are NO macros in the presentations. But I have the ability to enter a
macro if that will help.

How do I change these presentations to display the Notes Pane with a larger
font size?

 

[Rob]

Highlight the text in the notes you want to change, right click and then
choose font from the list.
Rob

 

[Dave Pettit]

Thanks, Rob. I also discovered the Show Formatting button on the Outlining
toolbar. It shows a larger font in the Notes pane although not the true size
of the font.

So why is it that a 20 point arial font only displays as 12 points in the
Notes pane?

And why doesn't the promise that if my notes are too long, the font will
shrink to have them fit the page?

Finally, when I edit the font in the Notes Master, it does not apply that
font size to all of the Notes pages. How can I get it to do that?

 

[Echo S]

Thanks, Rob. I also discovered the Show Formatting button on the Outlining
toolbar. It shows a larger font in the Notes pane although not the true size
of the font.

So why is it that a 20 point arial font only displays as 12 points in the
Notes pane?

That's the way it works, unfortunately.

And why doesn't the promise that if my notes are too long, the font will
shrink to have them fit the page?

That feature is for the slides themselves, not for the notes text
placeholder.

Finally, when I edit the font in the Notes Master, it does not apply that
font size to all of the Notes pages. How can I get it to do that?

You may have to reapply the notes master to those pages.