If you have a Windows laptop, you may think it only has one screen. But you can use a hack to create a second screen on the laptop screen. Use this second screen for PowerPoint Presenter View and to share your slides in a Zoom or Teams meeting.
Here’s an animated summary of the process.
You connect an HDMI cable to your laptop. This usually involves using an adapter as most laptops today do not have HDMI ports (I have links to the adapters I recommend below). This is a second screen signal that is coming from the laptop. The other end of the HDMI cable gets connected to a Video Capture device (link below) that turns the signal into a camera input. The Video Capture device gets plugged into a USB port on the laptop. Using the Webcam Viewer app (link below) you can see the second screen in a window on your laptop screen. You can use the second screen in PowerPoint Presenter View and even share it in a virtual Teams or Zoom meeting.
Here’s a full video explanation and demonstration.
Links to products/apps in/related to this video:
UGREEN USB-C hub: https://amzn.to/44MxAOH
HDMI Video Capture device: https://amzn.to/3IZQGX4
Mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adapter: http://amzn.to/2iHUkKk
Super-thin HDMI cable: https://amzn.to/3oPNHrP
Webcam Viewer app (Windows): https://download.cnet.com/WebcamViewer/3000-12510_4-75324168.html
Dave Paradi has over twenty-two years of experience delivering customized training workshops to help business professionals improve their presentations. He has written ten books and over 600 articles on the topic of effective presentations and his ideas have appeared in publications around the world. His focus is on helping corporate professionals visually communicate the messages in their data so they don’t overwhelm and confuse executives. Dave is one of fewer than ten people in North America recognized by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional Award for his contributions to the Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams communities. His articles and videos on virtual presenting have been viewed over 4.8 million times and liked over 17,000 times on YouTube.