Chapter 26. Delivering a Live Presentation

In This Chapter

Starting and ending a show

Using the on-screen show controls

Using the on-screen pen

Hiding slides for backup use

Giving a presentation on a different computer

Working with audio-visual equipment

It’s show time! Well, actually I hope for your sake that it is not time for the show this very instant, because things will go much more smoothly if you can practice using PowerPoint’s slide show controls before you have to go live.

Presenting the show can be as simple or as complex as you make it. At the most basic level, you can start the show, move through it slide-by-slide with simple mouse-clicks or key presses, and then end the show. However, to take advantage of PowerPoint’s extra slide show features, you should spend a little time studying the following sections.

Note

The first part of this chapter assumes that you are showing your presentation on a PC that has PowerPoint 2007 installed; sections later in this chapter discuss other situations.

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