# Presenting

Present a presentation full screen, use Presenter view with your notes and a timer, and the keys that control a slideshow.

A slideshow shows the slides full screen, one at a time, in order. Skipped slides are left out.

## Start a slideshow

1. **Choose where to start**

   Click Slideshow in the title row to start from the current slide, or open the arrow beside it
   and choose Start from beginning. Cmd+Enter (Ctrl+F5 on Windows) also starts from the current
   slide, and Cmd+Shift+Enter (Ctrl+Shift+F5 on Windows) starts from the first.

2. **Move through the slides**

   Press the Right arrow, Space or Enter, or click the slide, to go to the next slide. Press the
   Left arrow or Backspace to go back.

3. **Stop**

   Press Esc to end the slideshow and return to the editor.

## Presenter view

Presenter view opens a second window with everything you need while you speak:

* the current slide, with a list of every slide to jump to;
* the previous and the next slide;
* your speaker notes, with buttons that make the text larger or smaller;
* a timer with Pause and Reset, and the time of day.

Open it from the arrow beside Slideshow, or press S during a slideshow. The two windows stay on the same slide: a move in one moves the other.

> **Presenting over a call.** Open Presenter view, then share the slideshow window in your call, not the whole screen. The
> audience sees the slides and you keep your notes.

## Keys during a slideshow

| Key                                                           | What it does                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Esc                                                           | Stops presenting.                    |
| Right arrow, Space, Enter, Page down, or a click on the slide | Next slide.                          |
| Left arrow, Backspace, Page up                                | Previous slide.                      |
| Home                                                          | First slide.                         |
| End                                                           | Last slide.                          |
| A number, then Enter                                          | Goes to that slide.                  |
| S                                                             | Opens Presenter view.                |
| L                                                             | Turns the laser pointer on or off.   |
| B or .                                                        | Shows a black slide.                 |
| W or ,                                                        | Shows a white slide.                 |
| Any key                                                       | Returns from a black or white slide. |
| Cmd+Shift+F or F11 (F11 on Windows)                           | Turns full screen on or off.         |
| Cmd+P (Ctrl+P on Windows)                                     | Prints the presentation.             |

The toolbar at the bottom left of a slideshow holds the slide list and an Options menu with speaker notes, the laser pointer, full screen, print and Exit.

## Present from a link

A view link opens the presentation in the viewer, where anyone with the link can present it. Add `?present=1` to the link to start the slideshow as the page opens.