Presenter View¶
Presenter View shows you the current slide, the next build, your speaker notes and the time, while the audience sees only the slides.
Start Presenter View¶
Choose Play ▸ Presenter View (⌃⌘P). Presenter View uses the animated show or the stills, following Play ▸ Show Animations.
Two windows open:
- The audience display: the full-screen show. With a second display, such as a projector, it goes there.
- The presenter window: on your Mac's display. With only one display it floats above the show, so you can see both.
The presenter window¶
| Part | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Top bar | End Show, Swap Displays, Use Slide Show, Hide Slide Notes, Hide Build Notes and Feedback Mode |
| Timer and clock | Time since the show started, and the time of day. Click the timer, or press R, to reset it. |
| Sidebar | Every slide, with its builds listed under it. The current slide and build are outlined. Click any build to jump to it. Slides with feedback notes have a red dot. |
| Current slide | Large. In the animated show it plays live, mirroring the audience display, with a badge saying whether the build is playing, paused or done. |
| Notes | The slide's notes and the current build's notes, side by side. |
| Counter | The slide number, with arrows to move back and forward. |
The top-bar buttons:
- End Show closes both windows.
- Swap Displays puts the show on this display and the presenter window on the other. It needs a second display.
- Use Slide Show closes the presenter window and keeps the show running on its own.
- Hide Slide Notes and Hide Build Notes give the other notes more room.
- Feedback Mode lets you pin feedback notes to the slides. See Collecting feedback.
Keys¶
The show's keys work in the presenter window too: → or a click on the current slide to advance, ← or a right-click to go back, N for the next slide, B to black out the audience display, and Esc to end. See Keys during a show for the full list.
In Presenter View, R resets the timer rather than replaying the build; to replay, press ← then →. F turns Feedback Mode on and off.
Edit notes during the show¶
Click a notes panel to type into it, for example to jot down a question from the audience next to the slide it was about. Press Esc or ⌘↩, or click elsewhere, to save the notes and return the keys to the show. Notes typed here are saved into the deck like notes typed in the editor.