When you're creating a presentation, you can add speaker notes to refer to later while delivering the slide show in front of an audience. During your presentation, the speaker notes are visible on your monitor, but aren't visible to the audience.

Can you view speaker notes when presenting?

View a presentation with speaker notes

Open a presentation in Google Slides. In the top right corner, next to Slideshow , click the Down arrow . Click Presenter view. Click Speaker notes.

Do speaker notes show when presenting Google Slides?

When you start your slideshow and hit Present, your speaker notes aren't displayed by default. ... Speaker notes will open in a new window, so if you're displaying a presentation via a projector, a two-monitor setup works well (e.g., a laptop and an external monitor).