Displaying presentation and notes at the same time?

We always play our presentations through a Windows laptop to a projector, no
problem. Someone has come along wanting to play the presentation on the
projector but see the notes on the laptop screen, all from one laptop.
Apparently you can do this on a mac!

Any ideas how you go about this in a Windows environment?

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:27:33 -0400, Pete wrote:
We always play our presentations through a Windows laptop to a projector, no
problem. Someone has come along wanting to play the presentation on the
projector but see the notes on the laptop screen, all from one laptop.
Apparently you can do this on a mac!

Any ideas how you go about this in a Windows environment?

The first question: Does your laptop support two screens of different (not
mirrored) content? That's a function of your OS and monitor drivers, not
PowerPoint. That's your starting point.

Thanks Tim, I expect the answer is "no" but at least that is a good place to
start.

Thanks again.

"Tim Murray" wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:27:33 -0400, Pete wrote:
We always play our presentations through a Windows laptop to a projector, no
problem. Someone has come along wanting to play the presentation on the
projector but see the notes on the laptop screen, all from one laptop.
Apparently you can do this on a mac!

Any ideas how you go about this in a Windows environment?

The first question: Does your laptop support two screens of different (not
mirrored) content? That's a function of your OS and monitor drivers, not
PowerPoint. That's your starting point.

In article , Pete wrote:
We always play our presentations through a Windows laptop to a projector, no
problem. Someone has come along wanting to play the presentation on the
projector but see the notes on the laptop screen, all from one laptop.
Apparently you can do this on a mac!

And on at least some PCs but you need PPT 2003 (2002 maybe? but not 2000 or
earlier). You're looking for the Presenter View feature ... see Slide Show,
Set Up Show.

Have a look here to see if your hardware's up to it:

A Multiple Monitor Tutorial by PowerPoint MVP Chirag Dalal
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00476.htm



Any ideas how you go about this in a Windows environment?


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