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Release v0.2.0

Language: C# Updated: 2026-04-06

API Reference

Cmdlet

Get-OfficePowerPointNotes

Namespace PSWriteOffice

Inputs

OfficeIMO.PowerPoint.PowerPointSlide
OfficeIMO.PowerPoint.PowerPointPresentation

Outputs

PSWriteOffice.Services.PowerPoint.PowerPointNotesInfo

Source

Sources/PSWriteOffice/Cmdlets/PowerPoint/GetOfficePowerPointNotesCommand.cs:24 Edit on GitHub

Reads speaker notes from a slide or presentation.

Remarks

Returns note metadata without creating empty notes parts on slides that do not already have them.

Examples

Authored help example

Read notes from one slide.

PS>


Get-OfficePowerPointSlide -Presentation $ppt -Index 0 | Get-OfficePowerPointNotes

Returns the notes text and metadata for the selected slide.

Enumerate notes across a deck.

PS>


Get-OfficePowerPointNotes -Presentation $ppt -IncludeEmpty

Lists slide indexes together with note text, including slides that have no notes yet.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Syntax

Get-OfficePowerPointNotes [-IncludeEmpty] [-Slide <PowerPointSlide>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameter set: Slide

Parameters

IncludeEmpty SwitchParameter optionalposition: namedpipeline: False: Include slides that do not currently have speaker notes.
Slide PowerPointSlide optionalposition: namedpipeline: True (ByValue): Slide to inspect (optional inside the DSL).

Outputs

PSWriteOffice.Services.PowerPoint.PowerPointNotesInfo: PowerShell-friendly description of slide speaker notes.

Get-OfficePowerPointNotes [-IncludeEmpty] [-Index <Nullable`1>] [-Presentation <PowerPointPresentation>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameter set: Presentation

Parameters

IncludeEmpty SwitchParameter optionalposition: namedpipeline: False: Include slides that do not currently have speaker notes.
Index Nullable`1 optionalposition: namedpipeline: False: Optional zero-based slide index when reading from a presentation.
Presentation PowerPointPresentation optionalposition: namedpipeline: True (ByValue): Presentation whose slides should be inspected.

Outputs

PSWriteOffice.Services.PowerPoint.PowerPointNotesInfo: PowerShell-friendly description of slide speaker notes.