PowerPoint 2010 – Remove all notes at once

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Here’s a helpful instruction for removing all notes from PowerPoint file in one quick process.

This could be helpful if you need to prepare a PowerPoint presentation for general distribution or need to present it publically without the risk of presenting confidential information included in the notes.

  1. Open the PowerPoint presentation file – you may want to save a second copy, one with notes and one without
  2. Click on the ‘File’ menu then click on ‘Info’
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  4. Under ‘Prepare for Sharing’ click on ‘Check for Issues’
  5. From the list click on ‘Inspect Document’
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  7. The Document Inspector window will open, ensure that ‘Presentation Notes’ is ticked (you may untick the other options or leave as is) then click ‘Inspect’
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  9. Under ‘Presentation Notes’ click on the ‘Remove All’ button
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  11. Presentation Notes will now read “All presentation notes were removed”.
  12. You may now close the window using the ‘Close’ button