Zoom: Share PowerPoint Presentation Slides While Using Presenter View on the Presenter Device

Overview

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for how to wirelessly share PowerPoint presentation slides within a Zoom meeting while using presenter view on your laptop to access presenter notes.

This guide assumes that you already are hosting an active Zoom meeting on your laptop, have a PowerPoint presentation open, and you have no external displays connected.

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Sharing Your Presentation

  1. Click Share Screen from within the Zoom meeting.
    Zoom Screen Share Button
  2. Selected the Microsoft PowerPoint tile. The PowerPoint window on your computer should be displayed with the green line around it indicating that it is currently being shared in the Zoom Meeting.
    Zoom Share Basic Tab
  3. Proceed based on your computer operating system:
  1. Go to Slide Show tab and click From Beginning or From Current Slide. The presentation slide will display full screen.
  2. Right-click on anywhere on the presentation slide and choose Show Presenter View. The presenter view for the presentation will display on your laptop screen and the full slide view will persist in the Zoom meeting room.

NOTE: This feature works inconsistently on the Mac. If you are unable to achieve the desired results following these steps, use the alternate method outlined below.

  1. Go to the Slide Show tab and click Presenter View. This will display the presentation in full screen presenter view on our computer and within the Zoom room.
    Power Point Presenter View Button
  2. In the Zoom Sharing control tool bar, click the New Share button. This will open the share options that are available.
    Zoom New Share Button
  3. Select the Microsoft PowerPoint tile that shows the full screen slide view and click Share. This will display the full screen slide view with in the Zoom meeting and the presenter view will remain on you laptop screen.
    Zoom Sharing Basic Tab

Alternate Method (Windows or Mac)

  1. Click Share Screen from within the Zoom meeting.
    Zoom Screen Share Button
  2. Selected the Microsoft PowerPoint tile. The PowerPoint window on your computer should be displayed with the green line around it indicating that it is currently being shared in the Zoom Meeting.
    Zoom Share Basic Tab
  3. Go to the Slide Show tab and click Presenter View. This will display the presentation in full screen presenter view on our computer and within the Zoom room.
    Power Point Presenter View Button
    NOTE: On Windows you will need to selected Play from Start or Play from Current Slide. The presentation will display full screen. You will then right-click anywhere on the presentation slide and choose Show Presenter View.
  4. In the Zoom Sharing control tool bar, click the New Share button. This will open the share options that are available.
    Zoom New Share Button
  5. Click the Advanced tab, select the Portion of Screen tile and click Share. A green rectangle will appear on the screen.
    Zoom Sharing Advanced Tab
  6. Use your mouse to adjust the location and size of this box on your screen so that it only captures the area on your screen displaying the current slide in your presentation.
    PowerPoint in Presenter View