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MicrosoftPreview exited, now GA: PowerPoint Presenter View in Teams
For everyone asking for a way to toggle presenter view, thank you for your feedback! We feel your pain and are addressing it with a quick mitigation via a keyboard shortcut for now: try clicking in the slide area, and press "Ctrl+Shift+X". The notes and thumbnail strip should be closed. Using the same keyboard shortcut key again can bring the presenter view back. This update will be available in a day or two.
At the same time, we are also working on hiding the presenter view by default on devices with small screen. It will be available soon.
Again, thank you for being a part of public preview and helping us make the product better!
My institution's IT has turned on the public preview option per my request as I am very interested in using the new presenter mode in Teams - giving me 2 to 3 less windows to manage while presenting. Despite the public preview being open and I have selected to participate presenter mode does not automatically start - in fact I cannot figure out how to make it start - it just defaults to the standard presentation mode. Any suggestions on why this isn't working? I have followed the instructions below - but still a no go. Please let me know.
Teams Version: You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.4.00.2879 (64-bit). It was last updated on 1/29/21.