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Expert Tips for Using PowerPoint Presenter View (2 screens, Windows) in Zoom or Teams
When most presentations were done in meeting rooms, PowerPoint’s Presenter View was used to primarily to see your speaking notes while the audience saw just your slide. Now that most presentations have moved online in platforms such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams,...
New features in Teams; Issue #475 October 13, 2020
At the recent Ignite conference Microsoft announced some of the new features they are working on in Teams. The full article is here with images and short videos. In this article I want to talk about some of the new Meetings features and how presenters can take...
Look at the screen, not the webcam; Issue #474 September 29, 2020
You’ve read how important it is that you look at the webcam when you are presenting PowerPoint slides in Teams or Zoom so you connect with the audience. You try, but when you want to look at your slide or notes on the screen, everyone sees you move your head down and...
Webcam between two screens; Issue #473 September 15, 2020
Presenting over Zoom or Teams is here to stay. If you’ve been using your laptop webcam in presentations, you should look at getting an external webcam. An external webcam gives you much more flexibility in where it is placed and is often much better quality than the...
Presentation and Leave-behind in one file; Issue #472 September 1, 2020
You need your presentation to also serve as a leave behind document Increasingly our presentations also need to be available to people after the presentation. Either people who attended the presentation want to discuss it with others who were not there, or people who...
Recording your presentation; Issue #471 August 18, 2020
Schools have already started back in many parts of the US and they are scheduled to start back here in the next couple of weeks. There will likely be a mix of types of instruction and one important method will be recorded lessons or lectures. Teachers, professors, and...
Use Google Slides Presenter View to see notes & show slides in Teams or Zoom (PowerPoint files too)
If your organization uses Google Slides and you have to deliver your presentation on Zoom or Microsoft Teams, you can use the Google Slides Presenter View to see your speaking notes while the meeting attendees only see your slides. If you use PowerPoint, this may be...
Conditional formatting of category in column chart; Issue #470 August 4, 2020
One of my most popular Excel Chart Tips videos is the one on conditional formatting of a column chart based on the values being categorized into ranges (video is here). Another option for conditional formatting is to visually focus the audience on one (or more) column...
Use 3 screens to use PowerPoint Presenter View and see the chat and videos in a Zoom meeting (Mac)
The Situation Like many presenters, you like to use Presenter View in PowerPoint so that you can see your notes while the attendees in a Zoom meeting see your slides. You know how to do this with one or two screens (see my complete guide to using Presenter View in...
Use 3 screens to use PowerPoint Presenter View and see the chat and videos in a Zoom meeting (Windows)
The Situation Like many presenters, you like to use Presenter View in PowerPoint so that you can see your notes while the attendees in a Zoom meeting see your slides. You know how to do this with one or two screens (see my complete guide to using Presenter View in...