Dual Monitor Support in Power Point for MAC

[ba]

I was wondering how to set up a MAC Desktop and Power Point 2004 for MAC to
support dual monitors. I want the audience to see the slides and the
sound/tech people to be able to edit the slides, advance slides, etc. Any
advice?

BA

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

I don't think there is any way to edit (make changes to) a presentation
that is running.

However, Presenter View on the View menu will let your sound/tech people
queue up the next slide and look around the rest of the presentation.

 

[ba]

Thanks for the response. Can you tell me how to make Powerpoint recognize
both graphics cards?

Thanks,
BA

 

[Kurt]

I was wondering how to set up a MAC Desktop and Power Point 2004 for MAC to
support dual monitors. I want the audience to see the slides and the
sound/tech people to be able to edit the slides, advance slides, etc. Any
advice?

BA

I have a two monitor setup. When I play a PPT presentation, an "editing"
version shows up on my primary monitor and the clean presentation plays
on my other.

This happens without me having done anything to the settings.

 

[Kurt]

Thanks for the response. Can you tell me how to make Powerpoint recognize
both graphics cards?

Thanks,
BA

Don't really know. I have a G4 Mirror Door 867 which comes with
connections for two monitors, a VGA and LCD. I bought an adapter for the
LCD output to run another VGA. Great for graphics, since I can put all
my menu palettes on the other monitor. Running 10.3.9

 

[Kurt]

Don't really know. I have a G4 Mirror Door 867 which comes with
connections for two monitors, a VGA and LCD. I bought an adapter for the
LCD output to run another VGA. Great for graphics, since I can put all
my menu palettes on the other monitor. Running 10.3.9

What I meant is that I know it works with the internal cards that come
with my machine. Don't know about aftermarket.
Jim is correct that it is the "presenter" view that shows up in the main
monitor.

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

What I meant is that I know it works with the internal cards that come
with my machine. Don't know about aftermarket.
Jim is correct that it is the "presenter" view that shows up in the main
monitor.

It has never been a problem with the Mac that I've used. As long as
there is a screen or video projector connected/recognized, it will be
properly used by PPT.
I've used a Mac with an additional ATi card and it never had any problem
using the secondary card for presentations. I believe it's all done
directly by the system.

Corentin

 

[ba]

It's kinda strange, because I have both the monitor and projector connected
to the two graphics cards, but it is showing the slides on both, not the
presenter view on the monitor and the slides on the projector. I thought
that it was supposed to do it automatically. It there something else I need
to do to get the presenter view working? Aren't you just supposed to click
the "Show Presentation" button?

BA

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

It's kinda strange, because I have both the monitor and projector connected
to the two graphics cards, but it is showing the slides on both, not the
presenter view on the monitor and the slides on the projector. I thought

THat's because you have Video Mirroring enabled. In the Display System
prefs, make sure video mirroring is disabled. The presenter view should
appear on the Main screen and the slide on the other.

that it was supposed to do it automatically. It there something else I need
to do to get the presenter view working? Aren't you just supposed to click
the "Show Presentation" button?

You just clik the button... providing you are not in videomirroring mode
)

Corentin

 

[ba]

Thanks! I'll try turning off video Mirroring mode.

Brandon

 

[ba]

I talked to someone who is able to edit slides on his MAC using Power Point
for MAC during presentation. He uses a dual monitor setup only with a
laptop. Does anyone know a way to get this "Edit Slideshow" mode on a MAC
desktop using Power Point for MAC?

Thanks,
BA

 

[Kurt]

I talked to someone who is able to edit slides on his MAC using Power Point
for MAC during presentation. He uses a dual monitor setup only with a
laptop. Does anyone know a way to get this "Edit Slideshow" mode on a MAC
desktop using Power Point for MAC?

Thanks,
BA

Any reason you haven't asked him how he does it?

 

[ba]

I actually did...he doesn't know. He didn't have to change any settings.

BA

 

[Kurt]

I actually did...he doesn't know. He didn't have to change any settings.

BA

Have no idea. I can only edit the slides if I go into rehearsal mode,
but this seems awkward as it stops playing the show on the other monitor
when I click on an element to change. Maybe he had someone else manually
running the show to compensate for this.
This is the only option I can think of.
Play around with it.