How to Use PowerPoint on Multiple Displays

If you have multiple screens and are using PowerPoint, there are some great tools and tricks available that you can use. Some of these include choosing which monitor you want to present on, how to use presenter view with the dual monitor function, and yes we show you how to use a virtual laser pointer!

[royalmaxey]

I'm working in an auditorium that has two huge screens and a monitor in a control booth. I wanted to display two different PowerPoint slide shows on separate screens and leave my control booth screen to run a ZOOM meeting broadcast. This helped me so much! I made a 3 screen setup in display settings and used the drop down in PowerPoint under the SlideShow menu to select the screen I wanted that particular presentation to be displayed, and that left my primary screen free to do work. Thank you so much for putting me on the right trail!

[Studioofficial]

Thanks. Short and directly to the (power) point I was looking for.

[halothatsme]

Hello, this is a great video with great information. However, I do have a question for you. I am teaching virtually using 2 screens. One for the meeting ( to see the students) another one to have my presentation open and ready to share my screen. I am trying to play a game using power point, but when I start the slide show, it immediately opens up in both screens just as you mention in your video. The problem is that since it opens in both screens, I cannot see my students anymore. What can I do in order to be able to to see the power point slide show and my students at the same time?
Thank you!

[f.nadiaskdn]

Thank you so much, that's explanation is so clear.

[bsjm]

Thank you, this is very helpful and I do use PPT every sunday at church and always wonder if I can see my next slide on my laptop vs. projector, I will try tonight when I get home.

[marktaylor-qzgo]

Great video... but wondering how I get embedded links in the PPT presentation (such as a PDF document), to open on the same monitor as the Slide show, Thanks

[iyaaja]

While sharing our presentation, when we open another app, will it appear in the second display? Or the second display just show your presentation?

[jobarhn]

This is useful.
Is it possible to use mac as 1 of the laptop while the other is not mac?

[tallpotato]

yo, u deserve a million views, thanks for the help ❤

[bluestaticz]

Are you able to look at other tabs on the first monitor while the presentation is open on the second monitor? I plan on using this method for my dnd game using a laptop and a portable monitor. I want to make sure I don’t spoil something on accident haha

[lenedee]

This is exactly what i was looking for thank you so much!!! you rock! :)

[Libouh]

is possible to use primary monitor (raw slides) on the left panel file to deliberately control the slide show on the secondary monitor? That would be the perfect solution i can view all the files on the primary monitor and click on whatever file i want and click to reflect on the slide show on the secondary monitor

[ThreePhaseHigh]

Good video my question is I use my computer monitor as my presenter monitor and two more monitors for my audience but if I try to plug in third monitor everything brakes down. Why .

[itssethhere]

Does this method still works if i want to get the same slides to appear on the monitor of multiple rooms (side-by-side & opposite)?

[MarinMarketingMaven]

Very helpful...thanks you. Could you take this video one step farther about how to use the 2 monitors when doing a PowerPoint via Zoom? I'm having a heck of a time getting the presentation on the monitor that I want it on.

[MR-list]

Great video. Very well explained . Thank you so much

[bradfield]

This was exactly what I needed
THANK YOU!!!!

[pathofprophecy]

This presentation was clear and right to the point. Thank you for your work!

[waheisel]

This is very helpful. Thank you Plugable! I noticed when you started the slide show NOT in presenter mode in the middle, that there was a lag between the left monitor and the "Monitor 1 Dell". Is that typical?

[theorganstudio]

Just to clarify, do you need a docking station to set this up?