How Do You Share a PowerPoint in a Zoom Meeting?

For a presentation where you dont need to see your notes, sharing a PowerPoint is a quick process.

Open your presentation, and close any windows you won’t need.

A Zoom Screenshare with two monitors with PowerPoint and Share highlighted

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This will limit clutter and distractions.

Log into your Zoom call and when youre ready to present, clickShare Screenat the bottom.

Choose your presentation from the menu.

A two-monitor setup with PowerPoint in Presenter View

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When using a single screen, you should always pick the specific program you want to share.

Doing this will protect your data and prevent pop-ups and other interruptions.

Go to theSlide Showtab in PowerPoint and clickFrom Beginning.

For the smoothest presentation, do this before anyone else joins the call, where possible.

Use the controls in the lower left-hand corner or keyboard controls to move through your presentation as usual.

Be sure to press the Presentation window if youre going to use keyboard controls.

PowerPoint wont acknowledge inputs from the keyboard unless youve deliberately clicked on the window.

How Do You Share a PowerPoint With Zoom and Still See Notes?

The best way to see your notes is touse a second monitorand PowerPoints Presenter View tools.

Open your PowerPoint and go toPresenter View to see your notes.

This mode opens two windows: The presentation and the control panel.

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Drag the control panel to your primary screen and the presentation window to your second screen.

Log into the Zoom call and clickShare Screenat the bottom.

Choose your presentation window.

Then you’re able to quickly bring those materials up without disrupting your flow.

Alternately, the person sharing their screen should prepare to move to the next slide when cued.

Create a new Zoom meeting, selectShare Screen, select your PowerPoint presentation, and clickShare.

Launch your PowerPoint slideshow.

In Zoom, chooseRecord>Record on This Computer.

your rig is now recording.

Join the Zoom meeting from your iPad using Zoom’s mobile app for iOS.

Open your PowerPoint presentation and tapShare Contentfrom the meeting controls.