Review Presentations in PowerPoint 2016: MS PowerPoint

The following guide provides a clear overview of MS PowerPoint, with the most relevant background, details, and practical takeaways.

Comment on the Presentation

When modifying or collaborating on a presentation, users may want to make notes or suggestions without actually changing the slide. Leaving a comment allows the reader to note something without changing the slide. 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 on the area containing the slides) where the comment appears.

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 Javier reviewer, plus a blank for other people's comments.

4. Enter a comment in the box, then press Enter or click anywhere outside the box to save the comment.

5. Comments will be represented by a small icon on the slide.

See Comments

Users can view or reply to any comment, including comments from other reviewers by returning to the Comments window. Just click on 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 the desired changes, then press Enter or click anywhere outside the comment box. Changes will apply.

How to Answer a Comment

1. In the Comments, click Reply below the comment you want to respond to.

2. Enter feedback, then press Enter or click anywhere outside the box. Comments will appear below the initial 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 Presentations

There are situations where users have multiple versions of the same presentation. For example, users who can create multiple drafts or collaborators or colleagues can save their own unique copy.

Users can easily compare and combine multiple versions with PowerPoint's Compare feature. This allows users to see the difference between the two versions of the same presentation, from which the user can decide which changes will be included 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 will 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 two presentations to be compared.

When satisfied with the changes in the review, click End Review. Only changes that the user accepts are applied to the final presentation.

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