Objectives of this Tutorial
Generally: To deliver your presentation as an on-screen Slide Show.
Specifically: On completion of this section you will be able to:
- Start and navigate a Slide Show
- Get Help during a Slide Show
- Annotate slides during a Slide Show
- Create Animation Effects
Creating a Slide Show enables you to present your slides using your computer screen as the output medium. In Slide Show view the PowerPoint window, menu bar, toolbars and scrollbars are not visible. Each slide occupies the whole screen area. Using a Slide Show to display your slides means that you can make editing changes right up to the delivery of the presentation itself. You can also be sure of the quality of your final output.

Slide Show view
Setting Up a Slide Show
To set up a Slide Show
- Open the presentation you want to show
- From the Slide Show menu, select Set Up Show...
The Set Up Show dialogue box is displayed.

Set up Show dialogue box
- From the Slides panel, select the slides to include in the show (The default is All)
- From the Show type panel, select Presented by a speaker
- From the Advance slides panel, select the Manually option button
- Click OK
Delivering a Slide Show
You can move around between slides in a show in a variety of ways. No one way is better than the other ways - experiment and you will find the best way of navigating for you.
To start the Slide Show
- Click the Slide Show button
OR
- From the Slide Show menu, select View Show (SpeedKey: F5)
To move to the next slide
- Click the left mouse button
OR
- Press the Space Bar, the
or
arrow, Enter or Page Down
OR
- Click with the right mouse button and select an option from the shortcut menu
To move to the previous slide
- Press Backspace,
or
arrow, Page Up
To move to the first slide
- Hold down both mouse buttons for 2 seconds
To exit a slide show and return to the last view you used
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