Speaker notes and presenting
Write what to say under each slide, then present the deck with a presenter panel that shows your notes, the next slide and a timer.
Speaker notes hold what you mean to say on each slide. When you present, the slide fills the PlexiDesk window and a presenter panel beside it shows your notes, the next slide and how long you have been going.
Before you start
- Speaker notes and presenting are on every plan.
- Open a deck in PlexiiSlides. See PlexiiSlides overview.
Write speaker notes
- Open the slide in the rail.
- Type in the Speaker notes box under the slide.
Notes save as you type, with the rest of the deck. The Notes box on the side panel's Slide tab holds the same notes, with more room to write.
Present the deck
- Open the slide you want to start from. To start at the beginning, click the first slide in the rail.
- Click Present in the toolbar, or choose View > Present.
The slide fills the PlexiDesk window, with the presenter panel on the right.
Move through the deck
| Action | Keys |
|---|---|
| Next slide | Right arrow, Space or N |
| Previous slide | Left arrow or P |
| Black out the screen, and bring the slide back | B |
| Stop presenting | Esc |
You can also click the arrows under the slide. Between them, the slide number and the number of slides show where you are, such as 3 / 12.
Transitions and entrance animations play as each slide comes on. See Animations and transitions.
The presenter panel
- Presenter and a timer at the top. The timer starts at 00:00 when you begin and counts minutes and seconds.
- Next: a preview of the next slide, or End of deck on the last one.
- Notes: the current slide's speaker notes, or No notes for this slide.
- Exit (Esc) at the bottom stops presenting.
Present a deck that is on a desk
A Slides widget shows the same deck as PlexiiSlides. To present it, open the deck in PlexiiSlides and click Present there. See Slides widget.
Rehearse
Present the deck on your own and watch the timer to see how long the talk runs. Press Esc, tighten the notes or slides that ran long, and present again.
Common questions
Presenting starts in the middle of the deck. Presenting starts from the slide you have open. Click the first slide in the rail, then click Present.
My notes do not show while I present. Check that you typed them on that slide: the presenter panel shows No notes for this slide. when its notes box is empty.
Do my notes go into an exported file? They go into a .pptx file as each slide's notes. A PDF has the slides only. See Import and export PowerPoint and PDF.
Do notes come in from a PowerPoint file? Yes. Importing a .pptx file brings each slide's speaker notes with it.
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