Presenter mode is a way to display a full screen presentation in which you control pages on another monitor that only you can see. Presenter mode requires two monitors to separate what the audience sees from what you are controlling. Presenter mode helps you focus by providing a preview of upcoming pages. It also lets you interact with the content of the presentation since you can preview all pages without leaving full-screen display. For example, the presenter mode allows you to switch to a thumbnail display of all pages to present another page out of sequence.
Presenter mode is off by default for presentations. You can enable the mode in the Playback group on the Presentation tab. Because presenter mode is an application setting, once it is checked, the option is enabled for all presentations.
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Presenter mode is intended for multiple monitors but can be used with a single display such as a laptop. In this case, it can be useful for practicing the presentation before connecting to an external display for the audience.Enable presenter mode
To use presenter mode for a presentation, complete the following steps:
- On the Presentation tab in the Playback group, check the Presenter Mode check box.
- On the Presentation tab in the Playback group, click the upper part of the Full Screen button to start presenting.
The presentation is split across two monitors. The monitor that displays the full-screen view for the audience is set from the Full Screen drop-down menu. The page preview for the speaker is displayed on the next available monitor.
- Control playback through the presentation pages using the on-screen buttons for Next and Previous page.
Video pages have Play and Pause buttons as well.
Presentation keyboard shortcuts for full screen also work in presenter mode.
- Interact with a map page when it is the current page in presenter mode.
You can pan, zoom, and display a pop-up for a feature.
- To switch to a page out of order, click Tiled View
, and click the thumbnail of the page.
View all pages in the presentation
Presenter mode can show a thumbnail view of all pages in the presentation to jump to another page. Refresh all thumbnails before entering full screen so that the presenter mode shows correct thumbnails for each page.
To view the tiled view of the presentation while in presenter mode, complete the following steps:
- In presenter mode, click the Show a tiled view of all pages button below the current page.
The presenter's view shows a numbered thumbnail of every page in the presentation with the current page selected.
- Click any page to make it the current page and exit the tiled view and return to the presenter mode display.
You an also use arrow keys to browse through the thumbnails and press Enter to switch to one.
- Click the Exit tiled view button
in the upper corner to return to presenter mode without changing the current page.