Show PowerPoint slides and see my notes pages at the same time?

[Guest]

Is it possible to use a laptop to feed a projector with PowerPoint slides and
see the notespage on the laptop screen? I don't want the audience to see the
notespages, just the slides.

 

[Chirag]

Yes, it is possible by having multiple monitor support with the machine. See
a Multiple Monitor Tutorial at:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00476.htm

- Chirag

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[Guest]

Thanks Chirag.

Seems like an elegant solution if all the hw and sw is present. I was
wishing that perhaps PowerPoint had a hidden "toggle" that would send the
slide to the projector and keep the notes visible on my laptop screen. Too
much to wish for.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

You may already have 100% of the hw and sw required. PowerPoint does have a
toggle (sorry, it isn't hidden. It is on the Set-up menu), but the program
is smart enough not to offer the option unless the system is configured to
take advantage of it.

Check -- does you laptop support dual video? Most of the ones built in the
last 5-8 years do. Yours probably does.

If so, follow the steps in the tutorial to enable and display from the
second video output.


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[Guest]

Hey Bill and Chirag,
Many thanks!!! You were both correct. After thinking about the price I
paid for my laptop 3 years ago, I was optimistic that it had two monitor
capabilty.

Upon inspection of my laptop I found that it did support two monitors.

The scene was me standing before my audience still thinking about what you
(both of you) said. I had just finished with the Audio/Visual techie, who
had concluded that if the laptop didn't have two graphic card output
connections, there was no way that we could connect to two monitors. I was
disappointed but determined that I could find the way to do it. I had about
10 minutes before my audience would walk in.

I plugged the projector cable into the monitor port of the laptop. I
enabled the second monitor and performed the function key switching to have
the projection screen and my screen light up. I checked both as the
projection screen was behind me and was disappointed to find that they
carried the same image.

I searched the PowerPoint Help files for "dual monitor" and came up with
gold. I found the procedure which instructed me to do what I had just done
and then open the presentation, go to the Start up menu and choose Presenter
View, then start the presentation. And just like magic the Presenter View
did come up on my screen and the projector screen contained the slide only.

Bottom line, it worked just perfectly.

I would only wish one more thing: a simple way to toggle the computer and
the projection screen to a single display so I could go to the computer to
demonstrate something or some dialog box and then pop back to Presenter View
again.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help, it made my day!
Ciro

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Ciro,

I searched the PowerPoint Help files for "dual monitor" and came up with
gold.

That's amazing

TAJ

 

[Guest]

Hi Ciro,

I am in the same predicament you were. Did you have to download or purchase
the powershow add-in to solve your problem?

john

 

[Guest]

Hi All
My 1st time here. Was looking for a way to get notes on screen whilst
slideshow-ing via a projector. Your suggestion works a charm and no new
software was required.
There was a minor problem, though, as I could not get the settings back to
the original configuration, and simultaneous CRT/LCD display does not work
now (except when powerpoint slideshow is on).
I tried unchecking "display desktop on this monitor" for the secondary
monitor. But it keeps coming back checked.... ?system fault.
Chirag and Bill -- Any ideas how to rectify the situation?

Thanks
Amit

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:
Hi Ciro,
I am in the same predicament you were. Did you have to download or purchase
the powershow add-in to solve your problem?
john