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.

Google Slides Auto Resize Speaker Notes - Chrome Extension

Google Slides Auto Resize Speaker Notes is an easy-to-use Chrome extension designed to increase the usefulness of Google Slides Speaker Notes tool. It offers an automatic and manual resizing of the slide previews which are initially too tiny and unreadable. Moreover, it also features offline mode, relocation of the timer, and supports multiple languages.
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Extension stats

Users: 7,000+
Rating: 4.64
(45)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2023-04-28)
Creation date: 2018-11-14
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • declarativeContent
  • https://docs.google.com/presentation/*
  • https://docs.google.com/*/presentation/*
  • storage
Size: 78.98K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Code available at: https://github.com/daattali/gslides-betternotes-extension

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Description

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

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

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Life saver for managing speaker notes
  • Automatically resizes speaker notes for better visibility
  • Easy to use and quick setup
  • Fills a gap left by Google Slides
  • Great for presentations, allowing better slide visibility
Cons
  • Functionality may degrade with updates to Chrome
  • Not as clean as it could be
  • Speaker notes resizing is somewhat limited
  • May be less necessary due to Google's updates
Most mentioned
  • Google hasn't added this feature themselves
  • Amazing extension and very useful
  • Thank you for creating this add-on
  • Lifesaver for presentations
User 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?
by KIM EUIMIN, 2019-07-11

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
by Kyle Salewski, 2019-06-18

I love it! Seems so weird that google hasn't added this feature on their own.
by Michael G Stauffer, 2019-05-05
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Google Slides Auto Resize Speaker Notes requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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