Sometimes you might want to display your presentation in Slide Show view in a way that doesn’t take up the entire screen. For example, let’s say that you are delivering a presentation and want to switch between applications. (You can press Alt + Tab, but that’s a little clunky and if you have many applications open, it can get confusing.)
There’s an easy way to accomplish this:
- In PowerPoint 2007 and 2010, click the Slide Show tab and choose Set Up Slide Show. In PowerPoint 2003, choose Slide Show> Set Up Show.
- In the Set Up Show dialog box, in the Show Type section, choose Browsed by an Individual (Window).
- Click OK.
- Go into Slide Show view. Instead of taking up the entire screen, your presentation is in a resizable window. You can easily switch among other applications
To switch back to full screen, choose the Presented by a Speaker (Full Screen) option in the same dialog box.
There’s another, quicker option for when you aren’t delivering a presentation but just want to check animation and navigation. This option displays a quarter-size slide show view. For more information, see my tip on that topic.
This was a great and timely tip Ellen! I was just looking for information on how to do that. I knew it could be done, I had done it before but could not remember exactly how.
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Thanks for the tip. I clicked the individual browse and was not able to resize. After that, I clicked on the view function on the toolbar and clicked on the icon showing a tiled format. That allowed me to work on the Powerpoint while seeing another program but as soon as I tried to work on the other image’s program, the Powerpoint disappeared and only again reappeared when I clicked on the Powerpoint icon at the bottom of my screen. Any way to keep both programs working?
Which version of Windows are you using? And which version of PowerPoint? I can’t think of any other variable that might affect this.
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Thank you Ellen , It was very helpful .
Presenter view is a key slide show-based view that you can use while delivering your presentation. By using two monitors, you can run other programs and view speaker notes that your audience cannot see.