My Commentator Notes don't appear when doing a Keynote presentation

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My Commentator Notes don't appear when doing a Keynote presentation

Hi all,

I've produced a presentation using Keynote and set my preference to 'Show Commentator Notes', yet when I play my presentation, the notes don't appear!

Obviously, this causes real issues in trying to remember all information that support my many varied slides.

I'm running the presentation on my MacBookPro which I usually use with an additional screen attached.

When I run the Presentation on two monitors I can see the notes, but when I run it on a projector - I can't.

Can anyone help?

Charles

Posted on Apr 16, 2015 7:45 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 16, 2015 12:06 PM in response to ChampagneChaz

'Show Commentator Notes',

There is no such thing in Keynote. Do you mean Presenter Notes, or Comments?

when I play my presentation, the notes don't appear!

what is shown on the screen?

what version of Keynote?

what Mac OS?

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Answer 2

Apr 16, 2015 7:24 PM in response to ChampagneChaz

I have this exact problem. I have searched everywhere but cannot find an answer for showing the presenter notes on one source and the presentation on another. I am using Keynote 6.5.2 on my MacBook.

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Answer 3

Apr 17, 2015 2:56 AM in response to volvogirl

I have this exact problem.

From your post this is a separate issue from the original post

To setup for showing presenter notes:

1 - Connect the second display to the Mac:

Apple Menu > System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement > deselect the option for Mirror Displays

2 - with Keynote open:

Keynote > Preferences > Slideshow > Enable Presenter Display

Play > Customise Presenter Display: ensure Presenter Notes is selected

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Answer 4

Mar 13, 2016 4:07 PM in response to Gary Scotland

Thank you so much!! This helped me after much searching!

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