Method to manage speaker notes in a computer implemented slide show

• US 7,707,502 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2008
• Issued: 04/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Foncarnier, Olivier, Truntschka, Carole, Coulomb, Beatrice
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin; Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kumar; Anil N
• Application Number:
  US12/061,708
• Publication Number:
  US 20080189616A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 715/730
• US Class Current: 715/730
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

A method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. A method for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation includes: creating a first speaker notes file including a first plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among a plurality of slides of the slide presentation; creating a second speaker notes file including a second plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among the plurality of slides of the slide presentation, wherein the first and second speaker notes files are grouped in a speaker notes component; and creating links between the slide presentation and the first or second speaker notes file to allow a respective first or second speaker notes instance to be used in support of the one slide.

Claims

1. A method for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation, comprising:

employing a computer system for;

creating a first speaker notes file including a first plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among a plurality of slides of the slide presentation;

creating a second speaker notes file including a second plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among the plurality of slides of the slide presentation, wherein the first and second speaker notes files are grouped in a speaker notes component; and

creating links between the slide presentation and the first or second speaker notes file to allow a respective first or second speaker notes instance to be used in support of the one slide;

wherein the links comprise a bundle link between the slide presentation and the speaker notes component, a file link between the slide presentation and a selected one of the first or second speaker notes files; and

a plurality of slide-by-slide links between each of the plurality of slides of the slide presentation and a respective speaker notes instance in the selected speaker notes file.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein creating the second speaker notes file further comprises modifying the second speaker notes file.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein creating the second speaker notes file further comprises creating an empty speaker notes file.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the second speaker notes file, and wherein creating links further comprises creating a link between the stored second speaker notes file and the slide presentation.