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Present with confidence: Slide Show and Presenter View

The audience sees the slide. You see your notes, the next slide and a timer. Learn the five keys that make a show run smoothly.

Summer camp 2026

MAVI Foundation

What to bring

  • Water bottle
  • Notebook and pencil
  • Big smile

Thank you!

  1. 1F5 starts from the beginning · Shift+F5 from this slide
  2. 2→ / click / Space next · ← back · number + Enter jumps
  3. 3Ctrl + mouse = laser pointer · Ctrl+P pen · E erase
  4. 4Presenter View (Alt+F5): notes, next slide, timer, only for you
  5. ✓B black screen · W white · Esc ends the show
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  5. Enrol

Tip: press → or Space to step through, ← to go back, R to replay.

About this lesson

Slide Show mode fills the screen with one slide at a time: F5 starts from the beginning and Shift + F5 from the current slide. Move with the arrow keys, Space, Enter or a click, go back with the left arrow, or type a slide number and press Enter. Hold Ctrl with the left mouse button for a laser pointer, Ctrl + P for a pen, B for a black screen and Esc to end. Presenter View, which PowerPoint uses automatically with a second screen or opens with Alt + F5, shows the current slide, the next slide, your speaker notes and a timer while the audience sees only the slide. The full course goes on to Rehearse Timings, recording with narration and Cameo, custom shows, kiosk mode and Presenter Coach.

Key points

  • F5, Shift + F5 and the navigation keys
  • Laser pointer, pen and black screen
  • Presenter View: notes, next slide and timer