Present a deck full screen from the editor. Use it when the deck is ready for an audience: you move through the slides, black the screen when you need a pause, and read your notes in the speaker view.
Present starts from the slide you selected. It is disabled when the deck has no slides.
Move with the keyboard, or click or tap the slide. The control bar at the bottom shows the slide number, the time since the show started and the buttons for the same actions.
| Key | What it does | Control bar button |
|---|---|---|
| Right, Down, Page Down, Space, Enter | Next slide | Next slide |
| Left, Up, Page Up, Backspace | Previous slide | Previous slide |
| Home | First slide | None |
| End | Last slide | None |
| O | Open Jump to a slide | All slides |
| B | Black the screen, or show the slide again | Black the screen, or Show the slide while the screen is black |
| M | Turn reduce motion on or off | Reduce motion |
| Esc | End the show | End the show |
A click or a tap moves forward. On a touch screen, swipe left to go forward and right to go back; the swipe has to be deliberate, so a short drag leaves the show where it is. Clicks on the control bar never move the show. A press on a video, a YouTube still or an audio player counts as playback, not as a step forward.
A click on a black screen does move the show forward, so use B to bring the slide back. Keys pressed with Ctrl, Alt or Cmd are left to the browser.
While Jump to a slide is open, only O and Esc work, and they close it. Click any slide in it to go there. Each slide shows its number and its name, if it has one, and the slide you are on is outlined.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Reduce motion | Stops slide transitions, entrance effects and looping motion during the show. | Off, unless your system asks for less motion. Press M to change it for this session. |
Press M, or click Reduce motion, to stop the motion mid-show: transitions and entrances stop at once and the slide settles, and count-up numbers jump to their final value.
The setting lasts for this session only and resets when you reload the page. If your system asks for less motion, motion stays off either way: the system preference can only ask for less, never for more, so the show cannot turn motion back on. To set up the motion itself, see Animations and transitions.
The speaker view opens in a second window, so you can see the next slide and your notes while the audience sees only the slide. It draws the slides with the show's own renderer, so the presenter sees what the audience sees, in the deck's theme.
The speaker view shows:
The speaker view has its own keyboard. Right, Down, Page Down and Space go forward. Left, Up and Page Up go back. Home, End, B, M and Esc work as they do in the show, so Esc ends the show from either window. Every key you press in the speaker view is sent to the show, and the show accepts commands only from this window, so another tab or an embedded widget cannot control your presentation.
The speaker view needs pop-ups allowed for this site. If your browser blocks it, the show shows The speaker window was blocked by the browser. Allow pop-ups for this site, then try again. Allow pop-ups, then click Open speaker view again. If you see The speaker window could not be prepared. Try opening it again., click Open speaker view again.
To close the speaker view, click Close speaker view, or close its window with its own close button. The show carries on. Ending the show closes the speaker view too.
A chart, table or text bound to a live query can refresh when the show starts. The refresh mode of each bound element decides when its query runs.
| Refresh mode | When the query runs | Runs when the show starts |
|---|---|---|
| When presenting starts | Each time a show starts | Yes |
| When the deck opens | Once, when you open the deck in the editor | No |
| Only when refreshed by hand | Only when you refresh it in the editor. This is the default for a new binding. | No |
The fresh numbers replace the saved ones for this show only. Nothing is written into the deck.
If a query fails, the show keeps the numbers saved with the deck and shows a notice above the control bar: Live data could not be refreshed. One element is showing the values saved with the deck. When more than one element fails, the notice counts the elements instead. Click Dismiss to hide it.
To set a refresh mode, see Fill slides from your data.
The same renderer draws every surface, so a slide looks the same everywhere. What changes is playback.
| Where | What happens |
|---|---|
| The editing canvas | Empty text elements show their placeholder and media stays frozen; motion is held still so the canvas guides stay true. |
| Thumbnails and previews | The slide rail, deck cards and version previews show a still picture of each slide, with no placeholders. |
| The show | The only place video and audio play; media may start on its own and show its controls. Entrance effects play when a slide arrives, with staggered elements about 90 ms apart. |
| Print and PDF | No autoplay. Placeholders are left out of the page, and a blurred backdrop is left out of it too. |
Video and audio play only in a show, with the playback settings you chose for each element. See Images, video and deck assets and Animations and transitions.
Leaving full screen ends the show. The editor stays on the slide you ended on.
These also end the show:
Some actions do not end the show:
To email the deck as a PowerPoint file on a schedule instead, see Email subscriptions.
Select the first slide in the slide thumbnails, then click Present. During a show, press Home to go back to the first slide.
Yes. The speaker view sends its keys to the show, so Right, Down, Page Down and Space move forward and Left, Up and Page Up move back from either window. Home, End, B, M and Esc work there too.
Your browser has blocked the pop-up. Allow pop-ups for this site, then click Open speaker view again. If you see The speaker window could not be prepared. Try opening it again., click Open speaker view again.
No. Leaving full screen ends the show, so a show never stays on the screen half exited. Press Esc when you want to stop.
The show ends. Going forward from the last slide ends it, whether you press a key or click the slide.
Press O, or click All slides in the control bar. In Jump to a slide, click slide 12. To close the list without jumping, press O or Esc.
No. Notes appear only in the speaker view, under Speaker notes. To write or change notes, see The deck editor.
Only elements set to When presenting starts refresh when a show starts. Elements set to When the deck opens refresh when you open the deck in the editor, so reopen the deck before you present. Elements set to Only when refreshed by hand keep their saved numbers until you refresh them in the editor. To set the refresh mode, see Fill slides from your data.
The show asks your browser to keep the screen awake while it runs. Some browsers do not allow this. In that case, change your computer's power settings before you present.
Press B, or click Black the screen in the control bar. To bring the slide back, press B again, or click Show the slide. Clicking the black screen itself moves to the next slide, so use the keyboard or the button.
Reduce motion is on. It is on when your system asks for less motion, or when you pressed M. Press M to turn your own switch off. If your system asks for less motion, motion stays off either way. See Animations and transitions.
No. Present is available to anyone who can open the deck, including people who can only view it. To see who can open a deck, read Publish and share and Slides permissions.