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Presenter view when sharing a Powerpoint file

Anonymous
2020-04-02T12:57:37+00:00

I am trying to work out how to present to a Teams call such that they see the slides, and I see the slides and presenter notes.

I am attempting to do this by either sharing my desktop, or the relevant Powerpoint window with the presentation started and then choosing to switch to Presenter View. At this point I get the correct view, but the other participants get a white screen.

I’m presenting from a Mac, using MacOS 10.15.4, and Powerpoint 16.35. I have allowed Powerpoint screen recording permissions in the security settings.

I believe this might be a Mac specific problem?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-16T18:06:14+00:00

    Hello, 

    Doing it this way may help. Put the presentation into presenter view before sharing your screen and when you hit screen share, you will get two options. Select the one that says PowerPoint Slideshow, which is the screen that your participants will see and you will still be able to see your presenter view.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-14T21:34:04+00:00

    I did this.  The results were: I see the screen in Presenter View, but the participants see a black screen.  When I take it out of Presenter View, everyone can see the slides (not my notes).  I spent hours with MS support.  No one could figure out why this was happening.  The last person to whom I spoke said this feature is not available until the end of January 2021 (Microsoft Teams to transform meeting presentations with Presenter View (windowslatest.com)).  But I've seen plenty of YouTube videos showing it is possible to present the slides (only) to the participants with the presenter viewing the slides in Presenter View (Presenter View in Teams (Windows, 1 screen) | Think Outside The Slide).  Maybe we'll have better luck at the end of the month.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-23T09:16:16+00:00

    Same here - it seems not to work on a Mac.

    Unfortunately. I hope this will be fixed in the future.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-04-23T16:39:52+00:00

    Hi Michaela. Thanks for your reply. I tried those steps but the other party ends up with a white screen. I think this is a Mac specific issue. There is another thread discussing this issue here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-teams/presenter-mode-notes-and-thumbnails-in-teams/m-p/281045

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