
From this menu, you can change ink color. To change the pen color or to enable other tools (Laser Pointer, Highlighter) to emphasize your slide content, right-click on a slide and left-click on Pointer Options. Use your mouse to draw directly on the slide.
To draw on the screen (annotations), press + P to enable the Pen mode. (Use carefully as the bright screen can be distracting to an audience). Display a white screen or go back to slide show: W or.
Display a black screen or go back to slide show: B or. To show a visual display of slides: press G. What if you don’t know the slide number? Display the PowerPoint slide selector with + S. If this isn’t available, simply manually add slide numbers to your printout or create a simple hand-written cheat sheet. Current versions of PowerPoint display the slide numbers on handouts. To create a list of slide numbers, print out your presentation as a handout I choose 9 slides per page. This is one of my favorite tips to quickly skip past slides or to return to a previous slide. Go to a specific slide number during a slide show: type slide number and press. Go to the last slide in a presentation:. Go to the first slide in a presentation:. Return to the previous slide (any of these):, , P (for Previous),,. Advance to the next slide (any of these):, , N (for Next),, (or click the left mouse).
Help during slide show (displays PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts):.Run a slide show from the current slide: +.