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Office 365 Powerpoint Presenter View Bug?

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SharpTenor

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jun 1, 2011
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I have 3 monitors running off of my i7 MBP. When I run power points for online classes I teach, typically, the presenter view has shown up in one monitor while the main PP shows up on the iMac as monitor.
SINCE MAVERICKS:
I can't get presenter view to work. Nothing will show up on the 2nd (or third) screen. Can anyone with Office 365 confirm this for me?
Powerpoint:mac version: 1.4.3.6 (130613)
 
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mkofler

macrumors newbie
May 24, 2012
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I was having a (maybe similar?) problem with presenter view: Anytime I moved the mouse, the slide on the projector would disappear and it would just show my Desktop wallpaper.

I started using Keynote for awhile after realizing it didn't have the same problem.

But, today, I came across the solution, so I thought I'd share in case your issue has the same cause.

System Preferences > Mission Control > uncheck "Displays have separate Spaces".

Now presenter view works the way it's supposed to.

PowerPoint:mac 2011 v. 14.3.9
Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.1

Cheers!
 
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jwaldron

macrumors newbie
Dec 17, 2014
2
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Possible solution

I had the same problem as mkofler but with Office 2011. It arose after I had been experimenting with different spaces in Mission Control. Anytime I moved the mouse over the small version of the screen in presenter view, both the audience display and the presenter display vanished.

The first workaround I discovered was to drag the window with my powerpoint show onto the audience display, not the presenter display, before running the show.

Eventually I found a better workaround. I right-clicked on Powerpoint in the Dock, and saw that I had assigned Powerpoint to Desktop 1. I chose Options > Assign to None

After that the problem appeared to be fixed.
 
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