Use Presenter View in PowerPoint

Presenter View shows your speaker notes, a timer, and a preview of the next slide on your screen. The audience sees only the slides, usually on a second display or a shared meeting screen.

1. On the Slide Show tab, check Use Presenter View.
2. If you have a second monitor, set Windows to Extend the display (Windows + P, then Extend), and choose which monitor the audience should see.
3. Start the show with From Beginning (or press F5).

On a single monitor, you can still open Presenter View with Alt+F5 on Windows, which is useful when you’re rehearsing. In a Teams meeting, share the slide show window (or use PowerPoint Live in Teams) so you aren’t sharing your notes by accident. See Share one window, not your whole screen, in Teams.

Use the arrows or Enter to advance, Esc to end, and B to black out the audience screen if you need a pause. Add notes ahead of time in the notes pane under each slide (View > Notes).

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• Use Presenter View in PowerPoint
• Present on multiple monitors (and view speaker notes privately)
• Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver PowerPoint presentations