Viewing the Slide Show - You may begin
a show by pressing the F5 button. Once the show
is running you can use the arrow keys to go forward (right
arrow) or backward (left arrow) in your slide show.
Hiding the slide show
- If there is an interruption in your show (an announcement from
the office, or an unruly student for example) you can black out
the screen by pressing the B key. To bring your
show back, press the B key again. You may turn
the screen white, or bring your show back, by pressing the
W key.
Black and white are the only
colors available. If your show is set to run automatically,
presing B or W will suspend
the show. When you bring the screen back PowerPoint begins from
the point where the show was suspended. Nothing is missed.
Drawing on your slide
- To call attention to anything on your slide, you may wish to
use the pen to draw a line around the word or object. To
exchange your arrow cursor for the pen, hold down the
Ctrl key and press the P key. [Note:
this only works when your slide show is running]
After using the Ctrl P
combination your arrow cursor will be replaced with either a pen
[
]
or a dot [
].
Click and drag with either to draw on the slide.
Erasing what was drawn
- On my example above, my messy line really needs to be erased
so I can start over. This is done by presing the E
key.
Caution: this is an all or
nothing step. The E key does not erase back to
the last click, it erases all lines drawn on the slide.
To get back to your arrow key you
could press the Esc key, or you could depress
the Ctrl key and then tap on the A
key one time [A for arrow].
Getting out of your slide
show - To leave your slide show from any slide, press
the Esc key. You do not have to click your way
all the way to the end of a show to get out of the slide show.
