PowerPoint 2013: See What’s Coming with Presenter View

new feature for microsoft office 2013One of the most common questions in PowerPoint training is “how can I see something different on my screen to the audience?” The answer is complicated and involves multiple graphics card outputs. The Presenter View was added in 2010 but has really come into it’s own in PowerPoint 2013.

In Presenter View you can see the current slide as well as the next slide and your notes on your monitor whilst the audience only sees the current slide. This is one of my favourite additions to PowerPoint as you are certain what is coming next, avoiding that embarrassing flicking between slides as you work out where that topic is.

presenter view in powerpoint 2013

There’s a whole bunch of other tools underneath the main thumbnail, such as being able to zoom into slides to add emphasis, display a laser pointer to draw attention, and jump around the presentation without the delegates seeing what you’re doing.

How to: The Presenter View will be used by default. If you want to enable or disable it go to SLIDE SHOW > Use Presenter View.

16 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint

save time in microsoft powerpoint with keyboard shortcutsSome people spend a lot of time working with Microsoft Office, performing the same actions over and over again. Using the mouse is a friendly and easy way to navigate around your presentations, but keyboard shortcuts can really speed up your workflow. Just a couple sprinkled throughout your week can add up to significant time savings. Even if you’re not the kind of person who likes to use keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint, try some of these out and see how natural they become in a short amount of time.

Editing a Presentation

  • Ctrl + N : Open a new blank presentation
  • Ctrl + M : Insert a new slide
  • Ctrl + D : duplicate an object
  • Ctrl + SHIFT + D :duplicate selected slide
  • Ctrl + F1 : show/hide the ribbon
  • F5 : starts slide show from the first slide
  • SHIFT + F5 : starts slide show from the current slide
  • Ctrl + K : opens hyperlink dialogue box
  • Ctrl + W : close active window
  • Ctrl + Q : close the program
  • F4 : repeats the last action performed
  • F7 : Spell check

When in Slide Show view

  • N = next slide
  • P = Previous slide
  • B = black out the screen
  • W = white out the screen

You’ll be surprised how useful keyboard shortcuts can be once you get used to them.

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