What You Do Not Know – Use a Slide Remote

Control PowerPoint with a remote, not the keyboard. Listen to the full conversation at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.

Control PowerPoint with a remote, not the keyboard. Listen to the full conversation at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.

This is another computer setting that can make a difference in running a presentation. Set the desktop background to the meeting theme graphic so you can exit from slide show, have the audience see a meeting related image, and then seamlessly start the presentation again. Listen to the full conversation at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.

This is a Windows and Mac tip. Only keep the OS task bar visible on the main monitor. Turn it off on the external monitors, which is where the slideshow is seen. Listen to the full conversation at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.
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Presenter View option to swap displays. Move the Presenter View screen to the review room to show slide sorter layout and the embedded presenter notes. Listen to the full conversation at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.

Presenter View’s Grid View is a “slide sorter view” for the presenter, or person running the presentation, the audience does not see it. Listen to the full conversation at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.

Use the powerful, and persistent, Eye Dropper Format Tools. But you need to add them to your QAT. Listen to the full tip at The Presentation Podcast, episode 192.