A windowed play session mode in Keynote

Hi Guys,

The COVID 19 virus, Power Point and Keynote.

I know. It seems really strange to get those words together. But that’s what I need to ask.

Because of the COVID 19 virus our Universities will be closed from next Monday - the 16th — (this is Portugal, Europe).

Our theoretical classes will be online with the Zoom package and I have some Keynote slides to present. I am using Keynote for for quite some time now.

However, now I think I’ll need Power Point again because of he Keynote/Zoom pair.

In Keynote when one presses Play one gets the whole screen with the presentation. So I will be loosing all the Zoom little things I need for an interactive class.

With Power Point I can choose to play my slides (Show Type) in a mode called “Browsed by an individual (window)” that allows me to control the size of this window and so keeping space for The Participants; chat and so on in little windows belonging to Zoom.

My question: is there some kind of “Browsed by an individual (window)” mode in Keynote that I am missing and not capable of finding?

My request to Apple (I know that they don’t come here but maybe I am lucky): could you add such a possibility to Keynote in the "near futurre" :-)?

Thank you all

Posted on Mar 14, 2020 11:10 AM

Top-ranking reply

athoy224

Level 1

0 points

Posted on Jul 30, 2020 7:13 AM

There is a "windowed" slideshow mode. Click Play-> Play Slideshow in a window.

View in context

Similar questions

54 replies

Jul 31, 2020 5:29 PM in response to arhill

Thanks so much sharing the workaround you’re using, so we can benefit from your experience!

May 1, 2020 4:08 AM in response to gsparks

That's exactly why I wrote this post. Many years ago when I changed to the Mac world I began changing the software I used. You see, I am "old". I wrote my thesis in Wordstar 4.0 (great software). I began with Lotus 1-2-3 and changed to SuperCalc (the "graphics" were better :-)).

Now the only other software I used - did not changed - is Excel. All my slides are in Keynote so I do not want any solution that throws me out of Keynote to be able to use what should be a logical possibility.

Maybe Apple can produce our whishes in this particular point :-)

Cheers

Jul 17, 2020 9:06 AM in response to LearningAgent

I was so pleased that Keynote 10.1 added the Play Slideshow in Window option... it does make it soooooo much easier when using Zoom.

However, it does NOT give a 'Presenters Display' option in this mode... and I rely on the Speakers Notes in particular (to highlight stuff I want to talk about but may not be on the actual slides). I also like to see the next slide coming up and use the timer option to help keep me on schedule.

I do have multiple monitors connected (iMac and another monitor in Portrait mode)

Hopefully Keynote 10.1.1 or 10.2 bring us the Presenter Screen in a Window

Sep 15, 2020 11:39 AM in response to LearningAgent

The second solution is almost what we've been looking for, but we also need to see our presenter notes. When we play a slideshow in a window, the original keynote window vanishes, and with it, our presenter notes.

slajerek

Level 1

9 points

Sep 30, 2020 5:45 AM in response to jorgefromcarparica

> Voila! You're in business.

Not exactly. How to get rid of Window title (caption, name of file) when mouse is over Window? When I move mouse over presentation window, a window caption appears which hides my presentation and is not looking good.

judi247

Level 1

4 points

May 5, 2020 7:55 AM in response to BlackCloudCat

I tried that with my iPad, but unfortunately my slides have sound so I can't mute the iPad, and there is feed back if both devices are unmuted.

May 20, 2020 11:07 PM in response to judi247

Great idea. Why can't you just turn down the sound on the ipad?

Jul 31, 2020 3:10 PM in response to LearningAgent

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Sep 30, 2020 8:40 AM in response to slajerek

Agreed! I just noticed this too. We need that window title to stay off, and we need a way to view presenter notes.

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

A windowed play session mode in Keynote