PowerPoint 'Presenter View' is a great option to view your presentation with Notes on presenter computer (your laptop), and while the audience will view notes-free presentation on the other display/monitor (like Projected screen). Lets see how to use Presenter View option on PowerPoint 2010 and connect second monitor/display.
Prerequisites: Make sure your computer supports the use of multiple monitors, most computers these days support to use multiple monitors, check your computer manufacturer's website.
Step-1
Presenter View in PowerPoint 365 for Windows is a purpose-built view that accompanies Slide Show view.This view is beneficial in an environment that has at least two displays such as a laptop and a projector, or even two monitors attached to your desktop system. Presenter view offers the following tools to make it easier for you to present information: You can use thumbnails to select slides out of sequence and create a customized presentation for your audience. Speaker's notes are shown in large, clear type so that you can use them as a script for your presentation. When you launch Presenter View in either a single or dual display environment, you see the window shown in Figure 1. If you use a dual display, your second display will show the presentation in Slide Show view. Figure 1: Presenter View in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Presenter View is split into a quadrant; the four sections of this quadrant are. ProPresenter is a cross-platform (Mac and Windows) presentation & production application for live events. It seamlessly displays lyrics, slides, and media, making high-quality live productions easy. It is the indispensable tool for worship gatherings, sporting events, conferences, trade shows, and studio broadcasts.
Open your presentation file in PowerPoint 2010
Step-2
Click on 'Slide Show' tab and Check the 'Use Presenter View' option
If you see this message then hit Check button to detect another display
Step-3
Display settings window will open. You will see display 1 and 2 as when you have connected second display, other wise connect the second display and hit the 'Detect' button
Now you need to Extend displays, so choose 'Extend these displays' option from 'Multiple displays' Drop-Down and hit the Apply button
Hit the Keep change button if you see this message and close the window
Step-4
Now go back to PowerPoint and make sure 'Use Presenter View' is checked
To run the presentation hit the F5 key from keyboard, you will see presentation view is different on both displays Note 4 transfer files to mac.
Presentation view on presenter computer monitor will look like this:
- Notes area
- Slide view
- Slides thumbnails
- Elapsed time and more
Presentation view for Audience on 2nd display will look like this:
The alternative, enriched way to launch your PowerPoint 2011 for Mac slide show is to use Presenter view. Do remember though that you need two displays for this view to work — either two monitors or a laptop-projector combo will work.
When you use Presenter view, you see a special view (typically on your laptop), while your audience sees only the slides (typically projected). To activate Presenter view, do any of the following:
Choose View→Presenter View from the menu bar.
Click the Ribbon's Slide Show tab, and in the Presenter Tools group, click Presenter View.
Press Option-Return.
Your slide show is now running in Presenter view.
Presenter view may look a bit busy at first. In actual use, Presenter view is a simple, clean interface. The window is split into quadrants. The top-left quadrant displays the slide as the projector is displaying it. The top-right quadrant displays the next slide in the presentation. The bottom-left portion displays the text of the slide notes for the slide being displayed. The bottom-right area is where you can type slide notes as the presentation is playing.
Disable Presenter View Mac
If you add notes during a presentation, remember to save the presentation before closing it so you don't lose those notes!
While most of the interface is self-explanatory, some items need a bit of discussion:
Swap Displays: If you end up seeing Presenter view on your projected output, click this button to switch which monitor displays Presenter view, and which monitor displays the slides.
Tips: Click to display keyboard shortcuts you can use in Presenter view.
Exit Show: Click to end the slide show and display Normal view.
Macros And Presenter View
Well that's really impressive, but what if you want to display a particular slide within your show? The secret is to move the mouse cursor to the bottom of the Presenter view window. A gallery of your slides appears. Drag the scroll bar to see more slides. Click a slide to display it to your audience. Yes, it's like being a PowerPoint DJ!
