Presenter Display Options Are Missing in Keynote 6?

There is an option to allow Presenter display be used when required in: Keynote > Preferences > Slideshow:

Once this is enabled, the presentation will be shown on a second connected display, (often a projector) while Presenter Display is shown on the primary display of the Mac.

A second display must be connected and powered on for Presenter Display to show.

Hello Gary. I have disabled presenter display. If I select this it then displays presenter view on one screen and full slide on the other. I want to have slide on the main screen and access other docs on the 2nd screen. This is useful when running webinars. Thanks Tim

This seems to be the same problem (or at least a related problem) to the one that I reported under the title ''

Presenter Display Problem''

I'm having the same issues.

I have found a bit of a work around, if you move your keynote window to the secondary display and then click play, you get your presenter display on the mbp and outputting to the external display.

Not ideal but it works for now!

I need apple to fix this ASAP as i use this program for professional purporses and cannot have a simple problem like this for corporate events!

This worked for me. As you say, this is a bad bug that needs to get fixed fast. The 'work around' works, but does not look very professional if anyone is around while you are setting to and getting started.

Thanks for the tip.

This suggestion did not work for me. For one thing, the 'swap screens' icon is covered up by the primary display and cannot be seen or selected. I did try using the 'x' key shoertcut, which does the same thing. After 20 swap attempts it does not seem that it is going to put anything at all on the external display. Keynote appears not to recognize that there is an external display at all (though every other piece of software does). As mainman1303 suggested above, moving the Keynote window to the external display and then running the presentation works, though it is clumsy.

BTW, I have now tried this with three external monitors/projectors, all with the same result. So it is either something in K6 or in Marvericks, but it doesn't seem to affect any other software that I have tried.

Hi everybody,

I think I've found the solution.

After doing what JuergenB has said, don't do step 4. At step 3, you'll find your primary display (where your presenter display is) on the projector, and your presentation on your computer, right?

Then, right click on the Keynote icon in your dock, then choose OPTIONS - ASSIGN TO - Desktop on Display 2.

Viola! Now it's the right way round and you still have Presenter DIsplay on your computer, presentation on the projector.

Try it! 🙂

After reading what macmine just wrote,

Instead of assigning it to desktop 2, i assigned its to all desktops and made sure presenter display is on in the preferences.

Now it seems to work properly even after opening new presentations!!!

Edit: thanks macmine for the tip!

That's right!

Phew- I thought I was stuffed with Keynote acting weird!

When in presentor mode press X to switch display's !

Yes. The 'all desktops' option seems to solve the problem. In a new presentation the screens came up reversed the first time (presenter display on the projector) but 'x' solved that. When re-launching the screens staryed in the right place.

Still, this is a bad bug that needs to get fixed.

Hi, everyone.

I, too, have encountered the same problem the first time I fired up Keynote to an external projector. After trying out all the suggestions posted here, I stumbled upon a simple remedy.

1. Ensure that the "Enable Presenter Display" checkbox is ticked under the "Slideshow" preferences tab of Keynote. I believe this is enabled by default.

2. Then right click the "Keynote" icon at the dock, and under "Options," assign to "None" or "All Desktops."

I found that this enabled Keynote to present my slides in the exact same way as the previous Keynote version did. Whether assigning it to "None" or "All Desktops" makes any difference or not, I cannot tell, but both options work. I hope this helps. 🙂

hi folks,

I think this is the correct and simpler solution to the problem:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5479037?answerId=23663657022#23663657022

rgds Dave