The Powerpoint 'presenter view' is an awesome tool, which I have been using for a number of presentations.
However, sometimes it doesn't work. I've noticed this mainly when I take my laptop to another site to give a talk, or show a presentation to a small group.
Normally, the presenter view should show a preview of the slide, as well as the private speaker notes, and a number of tools. When I test this at home, with the laptop connected to a 1920x1200 monitor, all works fine. Big screen shows the presentation as it should be projected, and the laptop screen shows the slide previews. This also works, with the presentations and monitor configured in widescreen portrait mode.
However, take the laptop to another site and plug in a data projector (800x600), and things are different. Slides appear fine on the projector. However, presenter view only shows the speaker notes. Slides are just rendered as black.
Any ideas how to fix this? I really miss being able to use presenter view when talking.
Cliffs:
Running PP 2007 on my Laptop (Vista 32 home)
Presenter view works fine with preview on laptop and audience view on HD monitor
No slide preview when laptop is connected to data projector
However, sometimes it doesn't work. I've noticed this mainly when I take my laptop to another site to give a talk, or show a presentation to a small group.
Normally, the presenter view should show a preview of the slide, as well as the private speaker notes, and a number of tools. When I test this at home, with the laptop connected to a 1920x1200 monitor, all works fine. Big screen shows the presentation as it should be projected, and the laptop screen shows the slide previews. This also works, with the presentations and monitor configured in widescreen portrait mode.
However, take the laptop to another site and plug in a data projector (800x600), and things are different. Slides appear fine on the projector. However, presenter view only shows the speaker notes. Slides are just rendered as black.
Any ideas how to fix this? I really miss being able to use presenter view when talking.
Cliffs:
Running PP 2007 on my Laptop (Vista 32 home)
Presenter view works fine with preview on laptop and audience view on HD monitor
No slide preview when laptop is connected to data projector
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