Before submitting a presentation, users can ask others to review it and provide feedback on the slides. The presentation creator can even work with a collaborator to create a presentation together.
Before submitting a presentation, users can ask others to review it and provide feedback on the slides. The presentation creator can even work with a collaborator to create a presentation together. If editing a hard copy, users can add comments to the margins or compare rough drafts and the final version side-by-side. Furthermore, users can do all of this in PowerPoint 2016 using the Comments and Compare features .
Comments on the presentation
When editing or collaborating on a presentation, users may want to add notes or suggestions without actually changing the slides. Leaving a comment allows readers to take note of something without altering the slides. Comments can be added and read by the original author or any other reviewer.
How to add a comment
1. Select the text or object (or click the area containing the slides) where you want the comment to appear.
2. Go to the Review tab, then click the New Comment command.
3. The Comments window will appear. In this example, it contains a comment created by the reviewer Javier, plus a space for another person's comment.
4. Enter your comment in the box, then press Enter or click anywhere outside the box to save the comment.
5. Comments will be indicated by a small icon on the slide.
View comments
Users can view or reply to any comment, including comments from other reviewers, by returning to the Comments window. Simply click the comment icon on the slide or click the Show Comments command on the Review tab.
How to edit a comment:
1. In Comments, select the comment you want to edit.
2. Enter your desired changes, then press Enter or click anywhere outside the comment box. The changes will be applied.
How to reply to a comment
1. In Comments, click Reply below the comment you want to respond to.
2. Type your comment, then press Enter or click anywhere outside the box. The comment will appear below the original comment, and an additional icon will be added to the slide.
Delete comment
To delete a comment, select the comment you want to delete, then go to the Review tab and click the Delete command.
To delete multiple comments, click the drop-down arrow below the Delete command. Users can delete comments from the current slide or from the entire presentation.
Compare the presentations.
There are situations where users have multiple versions of the same presentation. For example, a user might create multiple drafts, or a collaborator or colleague might save their own unique copy.
Users can easily compare and combine multiple versions using PowerPoint's Compare feature . This allows users to see the differences between two versions of the same presentation, so they can decide what changes to include in the final version.
How to compare two presentations
In this example, we will compare two versions of the Internet Safety for Everyone presentation.
(Reference link: powerpoint2016_Vviewing_practice/ Internet safety edited by Tim )
1. Open a version of the presentation you want to compare. In this example, we'll start with powerpoint2016_Vviewing_practice.
2. From the Review tab, select the Compare command.
3. A dialog box will appear. Select the second version of the presentation you want to compare, then click Merge. In this example, we will select the Internet safety version edited by Tim.
4. The Revisions window will appear, allowing you to compare the two presentations.
Once you are satisfied with the changes in the review, click End Review. Only the changes that the user accepts will be applied to the final presentation.
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