This brings up PowerPoint 2019's Presenter View, as previously shown in Figure 1. Click the last icon and from the resultant menu choose the Show Presenter View option (see Figure 2 again).įigure 2: Show Presenter View option to be selected Hover your cursor over the bottom left area of the slide to find six watermarked navigation icons that you can see in Figure 2. If you are using only a single display, you can still choose to change to Presenter view from within Slide Show view. We show you how you can swap displays using the Display Settings option, later in this tutorial. You should however still check and ensure that this view shows up on your primary display and not on the secondary display. While Presenter view in older versions of PowerPoint had to be manually turned on, newer versions of PowerPoint automatically detect if you have two displays, and turn on Presenter view. Rest assured that the audience viewing the projector or secondary output only sees the slide!įigure 1: Presenter view in PowerPoint 2019

Notice that you get to see much more than just the slide. However, you see Presenter view on the laptop or on the primary display.įigure 1, below shows Presenter view. The projector or the secondary display then shows the actual slides, in what is commonly called 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 in PowerPoint 2019 for Windows is a purpose-built view that accompanies Slide Show view.

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