Google Slides Auto Resize Speaker Notes
Automatically resize the slide previews when the Speaker Notes window is resized, or drag the sidebar to manually select a size.
Code available at: https://github.com/daattali/gslides-betternotes-extension
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Description
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The slide previews in the Speaker Notes window of Google Slides are tiny and unreadable. This extension fixes this in two ways: the slides are automatically enlarged when the Speaker Notes window is resized, and you can also drag the sidebar to manually select the perfect slides size.
If you've ever used Google Slides (or MS PowerPoint/anything similar), you may be aware of the Speaker Notes feature - it allows you to view the current and next slides as well as the text notes for the current slide . However, for some weird reason, the Speaker Notes in Google Slides only allocates a very small area for the slides preview, while giving the notes almost all the space. There is no possible way to resize the slide thumbnail, which makes the slide preview almost useless.
Demo
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If you don't have a Google Slides document to experiment with/verify this problem, you can test it out with this sample Google Slides presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18svsKPFNQrBLOSAmOouD410kX9fuaNp3e1K1GTTBLiU/edit?usp=sharing
Extra features
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- Resizes thumbnail preview for the Next slide
- Ability to move the timer to the right because it sometimes takes up a large portion of the screen and hides some of the slide
- Works in offline mode
Supported languages
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This extension will work if your Chrome language is one of the following: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Hebrew. If you want me to add support for another language, please open an issue on the project page: https://github.com/daattali/gslides-betternotes-extension/issues
Motivation
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As preparation for my committee meeting, I used Google Slides to make my presentation. Shortly after starting, before havin any actual content in my presentation, I noticed that the Speaker Notes window is basically useless in its current form because of how small the slide previes are. After fiddling with the speaker notes window JavaScript and CSS for a couple hours, I decided that a much better use of my time instead of working on my committee meeting would be to make this extension. I then proceeded to spend the next several hours making the draft version of this extension, and thus successfully procrastinated from my real work for many many hours!
On a more serious note - I do think this is a very essential tool for anyone who uses Google Slides to give presentations.
Latest reviews
Love it! life saver but....google keeps updating its chrome browser and each time it does that it seems to not work as well... could you please update the addon?
Love it! life saver but....google keeps updating its chrome browser and each time it does that it seems to not work as well... could you please update the addon?
This extension has been amazing and I've been using it for years! Google has FINALLY stopped dragging their feet though and will add it in the coming weeks. Thanks for all your work on this Dean! You've saved us where Google fell short! https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/06/slides-present-mode-updates.html
This extension has been amazing and I've been using it for years! Google has FINALLY stopped dragging their feet though and will add it in the coming weeks. Thanks for all your work on this Dean! You've saved us where Google fell short! https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2019/06/slides-present-mode-updates.html
I love it! Seems so weird that google hasn't added this feature on their own.
I love it! Seems so weird that google hasn't added this feature on their own.
WOW, I just decided I needed this in my life for a presentation in 3 hours, found it with a quick google search, and I'm off and running. Thank you!!
WOW, I just decided I needed this in my life for a presentation in 3 hours, found it with a quick google search, and I'm off and running. Thank you!!
This chrome plugin makes Google Slide Presenter View work how I always thought it should work. The screenshot sizes automatically scale at reasonable ratios. Thank you!
This chrome plugin makes Google Slide Presenter View work how I always thought it should work. The screenshot sizes automatically scale at reasonable ratios. Thank you!
A lifesaver. I don't know why google didn't include this themself
A lifesaver. I don't know why google didn't include this themself
This is a much needed feature and I was looking to write my own extension until I found this. it is not as clean as it could be but get the job done. Thanks
This is a much needed feature and I was looking to write my own extension until I found this. it is not as clean as it could be but get the job done. Thanks
Exactly what I was looking for, now I can see the "next slide"! Thank you!!!
Exactly what I was looking for, now I can see the "next slide"! Thank you!!!
Exactly what I needed. I didn't want to give it four stars, but you are limited in how large you can resize the presenter notes because the timer doesn't move.
Exactly what I needed. I didn't want to give it four stars, but you are limited in how large you can resize the presenter notes because the timer doesn't move.
Great, but no longer needed: this is a fantastic extension, however the speaker notes resize much better out of the box now. This is still really useful if you want to tweak how big the slides are, but for most, it's not really necessary.
Great, but no longer needed: this is a fantastic extension, however the speaker notes resize much better out of the box now. This is still really useful if you want to tweak how big the slides are, but for most, it's not really necessary.
FOKEN AMAZING
thanks
thanks
This is awesome. I'm completely stymied about why this isn't a standard feature in Google Slides. The slide thumbnail in the standard speaker notes view is completely unreadable without being able to resize it. Thank-you SO MUCH for creating this add-on.
This is awesome. I'm completely stymied about why this isn't a standard feature in Google Slides. The slide thumbnail in the standard speaker notes view is completely unreadable without being able to resize it. Thank-you SO MUCH for creating this add-on.
This is a must have.
This is a must have.
This is the hero presentations need, AND the one they deserve.
This is the hero presentations need, AND the one they deserve.
This is a really great addition to the already very helpful speaker view on Google Slides.
This is a really great addition to the already very helpful speaker view on Google Slides.
Thank GOD!!! What was Google thinking not including this feature in Slides???
Thank GOD!!! What was Google thinking not including this feature in Slides???
Thanks this saved lot of time
Thanks this saved lot of time
its solving my problem with presenter notes. can we control the fond size of the notes? its too small
its solving my problem with presenter notes. can we control the fond size of the notes? its too small
Makes the presenter view usable!
Makes the presenter view usable!
It's great though it has an issue: it currently breaks the 'Ask a question' functionality. The question panel covers the whole screen as soon as the preview panel is resized.
It's great though it has an issue: it currently breaks the 'Ask a question' functionality. The question panel covers the whole screen as soon as the preview panel is resized.
PERFECT! You just saved my presentation! :D
PERFECT! You just saved my presentation! :D
Exactly what Speaker Notes was missing! Being able to adjust the preview size makes a huge difference in that feature being useful. Awesome tool, thank you!
Exactly what Speaker Notes was missing! Being able to adjust the preview size makes a huge difference in that feature being useful. Awesome tool, thank you!
Works perfectly to show the slides to the presenter but still leave room for other information, unlike MS Powerpoint or OpenOffice. Perfect for showing a presentation in a webinar. Werkt perfect voor het tonen van de slides en de speakernotes aan de presentator, terwijl er ruimte op het scherm overblijft voor het tonen van andere informatie, in tegenstelling tot Microsoft Powerpoint of Openoffice. Perfect voor het tonen van een presentatie in een webinar.
Installed it 5 minutes before a presentation, and it worked perfectly. 5/5 will use again tomorrow
Installed it 5 minutes before a presentation, and it worked perfectly. 5/5 will use again tomorrow
I am so glad someone else was annoyed by this problem and cared enough to publish a fix -- this is perfect. Works great, does what I need without getting in the way.
Another useful option to get around the tiny thumbnail problem when using Speaker Notes. Don't forget that you can adjust the window size for your notes by right-clicking on the icon in the address bar
