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When teaching using PowerPoint, is it possible to also display another application window?


If you need to display another application window whilst running a PowerPoint presentation – perhaps to demonstrate a specific procedure – you can do so by using Reading View to mimic a split screen facility. 

Change the display of the presentation to Reading View (rather than Slide Show view) using the icon at the bottom of the screen or in the view tab:

icon to change to reading view

This will display the slides in a resizable window (rather than full screen) which will allow you to resize it in order to make room on the desktop for another program without obscuring any of the  presentation:

 fake powerpoint split screen

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Created by Chris Limb on 28 May 2013 and last updated by Samantha Jane Elmer on 3 July 2013