How to Add Speaker Notes in Google Slides

You can add speaker notes to a presentation as you're designing it to remind you what to talk about.

Add Speaker Notes

Each slide has its own notes, which are displayed in a pane at the bottom of the window.

1. Click in the speaker notes pane.
2. Type speaker notes.
   

Toggle the Speaker Notes Pane

You can also toggle the speaker notes pane off if you don't need it, or if you need the screen space for your presentation instead.

1. Click View on the menu bar.
2. Select Show speaker notes.
   

The speaker notes pane is hidden, but the top border of the speaker notes pane still appears at the bottom of the window.

3. Double-click the speaker notes pane border.
   

The speaker notes pane reappears.