Powerpoint Presenter’s View on the Wrong Display

Posted by Aaron on Feb 18, 2009 in Apple, Business IT, How to

Suppose you’re trying to run a Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 slide show on your Mac, but the Presenter’s View with all your notes shows up on the projector, while the actual slide show is on your laptop.

Here’s how to switch them:

Within PowerPoint, click in the menu bar: Slide Show > Set Up Show…

Click the Screen… button.

Note that this only works while your laptop is plugged into a second display. Otherwise the Screen button isn’t there.

Lastly, choose the screen that you want.

Now your Presenter’s View will be on your laptop, with the presentation on the external display.

The instructions for Microsoft Office 2004 should be the same but I don’t have it installed on my computer so I can’t confirm this.

Hope this helps!

Aaron Marks applies his 80/20 rule to IT support: 80% people skills and 20% computer ninja magic.