Why use a windowed PowerPoint presentation? In Full Screen mode press Escape to return to the windowed presentation. It’s a little neater and more professional. Starting from an windowed presentation means you can switch between Full Screen and the window presentation without showing the entire PowerPoint menus etc. Switching Full Screen and window slide show That would let the use control the presentation properly while the slides appear in another window (which could be visible via a third-party tool). It would be really nice if Presenter View could appear in a second window – but alas it’s not an option. Go to Slide – choose a slide from the flyout list.The same options appear if you right-click in the presentation while windowed. There are back and forward slide buttons on the bottom status bar (see above).Ĭlick on the icon between those two buttons to see some more options. Start the slide show (Slide Show | From Beginning or From Current Slide) as usual except now it appears in a resizable window. The options are the same in PowerPoint for Windows or Mac. Go to Slide Show | Setup Slide show and choose ‘Browsed by an individual (window)’. A windowed presentation lets you display the slides in other software like virtual cameras or desktop capture.

PowerPoint presentations don’t have to be full-screen, that’s the default and normal way to show a deck, but a window option is also there.