To the right, “One Approach: Wait” is the next slide that the audience will see. On the left, “Step 3” is the current slide that the audience is seeing. There’s buttons for Swap Displays (for easier dual-monitor setup), Tips (showing the keystroke shortcuts like B to black out the audience screen), and Exit Show. Here’s what my laptop screen shows while I’m presenting: PowerPoint 2011 Presenter ViewĪt the top, there’s a bar showing how far into your presentation you’re currently at – giving you an at-a-glance idea of whether you’re on track.
This has been around for several versions of PowerPoint on both Windows and Mac, but the new Office 2011 for the Mac just kicked it up a notch. When you do, your presentation shows up on the projector, but your laptop display shows something else – Presenter View. If you hook up a projector to your laptop, you can configure the projector to be a second screen rather than a copy of what’s on your laptop display.
