Slide shows
Start a slide show
Section titled “Start a slide show”- F5, or Slide Show › Play from Start, starts from the first slide.
- Shift+F5, Slide Show › Play from Current Slide, or Present at the top right of the window starts from the slide you’re on.
- Esc ends the show.
Double-clicking a .ppsx file starts its slide show right away.
Use Presenter View
Section titled “Use Presenter View”Presenter View on the Slide Show tab is on by default, and needs a second display: Presenter View opens in a window of its own, so you can put it on your screen while the audience sees the slides on the other display. With one display, the show has only the slides. It shows:
- the current slide and the next one, with Next to move on,
- your speaker notes,
- a timer, with Pause and Reset,
- Black and White to blank the audience’s screen, Zoom to zoom into part of a slide, All slides to jump to any slide, and End Show.
Keys while presenting
Section titled “Keys while presenting”| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| →, ↓, Space, Page Down, N or Enter | Next animation or slide |
| ←, ↑, Backspace, Page Up or P | Previous animation or slide |
| Home, End | First slide, last slide |
| A slide number, then Enter | Go to that slide |
| G | Show all slides to pick one |
| Z | Zoom in |
| B or . | Black screen, and back |
| W or , | White screen, and back |
| Ctrl+P | Pen on and off |
| Ctrl+L | Laser pointer on and off |
| Ctrl+A | Back to the arrow pointer |
| E | Erase what you’ve drawn |
| T, R | Pause the timer, reset it (Presenter View) |
| [, ] | Smaller, bigger notes (Presenter View) |
| Esc | End the show |
On a Mac, use ⌘ in place of Ctrl.
Rehearse your timings
Section titled “Rehearse your timings”Choose Slide Show › Rehearse Timings and present as you would for real. DeckCraft records how long you spend on each slide. Then turn on Use Timings to have the show move on by itself.
You can’t record narration or camera video yet: Record and Cameo are dimmed. From Beginning and From Current Slide on the Record tab start a rehearsal. Play Narrations plays narration that’s already in a file.
Set up the show
Section titled “Set up the show”Slide Show › Set Up Slide Show chooses the show type (presented by a speaker, browsed in a window, or at a kiosk), which slides to show, whether to loop until Esc, and whether to use timings. Custom Show makes a named show from some of the slides, in your own order. Hide Slide leaves a slide out of the show without deleting it.
Show Media Controls shows play and pause controls on videos and sounds during the show.
Share without DeckCraft
Section titled “Share without DeckCraft”To give people a copy they can open anywhere, export a PDF with File › Export › Create PDF Document, or save as a .pptx. The Export button at the top left also makes an animated GIF of the deck.