Delete all PowerPoint notes on a Mac

Question

I have a presentation with nearly 200 slides. I would like to delete the notes before sharing the presentation with others. I don't want to share by saving slides as PDFs. I need to keep the slides as PP slides but without the notes. 

Is there a way of deleting all the notes at once without having to delete each slide manually? It is possible to do this on PP within Microsoft, but I can't see how it can be done on the Mac.

Thanks!

Answer 1

In Windows version you can use Inspect Document to do this but this is not available on the Mac version. Maybe someone with a PC could help?

You should be able to do this with a little code on a Mac though. This code depends on the notes being in Shape2 (the default) - Test on a copy. If the notes are not in Shape2 you might need to make it a little more complex

Sub Zap()

Dim osld As Slide

For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides

With osld.NotesPage.Shapes(2)

If .HasTextFrame Then

.TextFrame.DeleteText

End If

End With

Next osld

End Sub

Answer 2

I tinkered around with inserting this code into a Macro, and it worked! Thanks, John! You saved me hours of tedious work!!

Answer 3

Thanks so very much for your reply! Can you give me a link with any instructions on how to enter the code into PowerPoint for Mac? When I search for that, I'm finding only instructions for Microsoft and not Mac. 

THANK YOU!!

Answer 4

Hi Ryan,

It is not feasible to delete all notes on PowerPoint if you didn’t print it as PDF.

Given the situation, we suggest you vote for your requirement to UserVoice, which will help better our products and services.

remove speaker notes

Thanks for your updates.

Qing