Presenting with notes and the presenter view

When you present, you want to see your own notes, but your audience shouldn't. That's what the presenter view is for: your laptop shows the current and next slide, your notes and a clock, while the projector shows only the slide.

In LibreOffice Impress

Writing notes: choose View > Notes Pane. A box appears under each slide where you type your text. With View > Notes you see the slide and its notes together on one page, which is handy for printing.

Presenting:

1. Connect the projector or second screen.
2. Press F5 to start from the first slide, or Shift + F5 to start from the current slide. You can also choose Slide Show > Start from First Slide.
3. With two screens, the Presenter Console opens automatically on your laptop, showing the next slide, your notes and a clock. If the slide appears on the wrong screen, use the Reverse button to swap the screens.

You set this up in Slide Show > Slide Show Settings.... There you choose, among other things, which screen shows the presentation and whether the Presenter Console runs full screen, in a window or is switched off. For a presentation that keeps starting over, choose Loop and repeat after here.

While presenting: Space, Enter or the right arrow for the next slide, the left arrow for the previous one, Esc to stop.

In Euro-Office

1. Type your notes in the box under the slide. Can't see it? On the View tab, tick Notes.
2. On the Home tab, click the arrow next to Start slideshow and choose Show Presenter View.
3. The presenter view opens in a new window. If your browser blocks it, allow pop-ups for your Nextcloud.

Read more in Presenting and the presenter view and, for a presentation that plays on a loop, Playing a presentation on a loop (trade fair, waiting room, shop window).