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Powerpoint presentation in windowed mode but with presenter screen also visible
To clarify, this screenshot. I am looking for a way to get presenter view showing when doing a slideshow in windowed mode. But I cannot put the checkmark there, the possibility is greyed out for some reason ...
Apparently, this is not possible in Powerpoint. See the answer I received https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_powerpoint-mso_win10-mso_o365b/get-presenter-view-when-doing-powerpoint-slide/3060d8f9-5aa7-46e5-8a0a-f19daaf1ac13?tm=1610456061713.
I was redirected to the Powerpoint Uservoice site where this idea is suggested to the development team. If you are reading this because of the same issue you are having, I urge you to vote for https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_powerpoint-mso_win10-mso_o365b/get-presenter-view-when-doing-powerpoint-slide/3060d8f9-5aa7-46e5-8a0a-f19daaf1ac13?tm=1610456061713.
Hi VayaWillemen
The only thing I can think of to sort of give you a bit more screen time is every now and again is using Spotlight to focus on yourself and then turn it off to switch back to the presentation.
On your small video feed at the bottom right of the call, click ... and then Spotlight me and confirm in the pop up. Repeat when you turn it off.
It's also a lot easier to use than sharing/unsharing your screen which takes way too many steps and messes things up.
Hope that gives you something!
Cheers
Damien
Thank you for the suggestion. But I need to be visible during the entire presentation while sharing my second screen. To switch camera view, I use a second device with camera where I am attending the same Teams meeting with the same account. I switch to that with spotlighting when doing a demo (thus abandoning the presentation for a while). That is working perfectly.
