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R: How to add notes to a PowerPoint (officer)

I'm creating a PowerPoint document from R using the officer package and I'd like to add notes to my slides.

Is it possible to add notes to a particular powerpoint slide from R (preferably using the officer package)?

I'm really unsure if an appropriate function exists within the officeR (or any other) R package.

A workaround that I was thinking about was creating a custom slide layout (in the PowerPoint template file that I'm using) that contains the notes and then simply using this layout when I create the deck within R. But unfortunately it seems that PowerPoint doesn't let you add notes to a slide layout within the Master View.

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Tom Bombadil Avatar asked Jun 29 '18 07:06

Tom Bombadil


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1 Answers

Officer now has a set_notes function that allows you to add notes to a slide.

As David Gohel mentioned, notes are directly supported in rmarkdown and work with officedown ppt templates.


## My Slide

- Awesome
- Slide
- Content


::: notes
These are notes for ppt
:::
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Collin Avatar answered Oct 17 '22 22:10

Collin