Page up and page down keys do not work in Presenter View in PowerP

Presenter View provides a great way for the presenter to control a slide
show. It appears, however, that the Page Up and Page Down keys do not change
slides. This is frustrating as these are the standard keys used when in
normal slide show view. The only option is to use the mouse and click the
on-screen buttons, which is not efficient or easy to do when presenting.
Does anyone have any ideas?

PowerPoint is a single focus application. The Presenter View is intended for
controlling the show from the secondary screen, so the Page Up and Page Down
keys are used for scrolling through the Notes when the Presenter View screen has
focus. If you change the "focus" to the slide show, the Page Up and Page Down
keys will change your slides. To change the focus to the Slide Show (projected
view) move the cursor to it and click once . However, if you then use any of
the controls on the Presenter View, e.g. click on a thumbnail or on one of the
arrows, you change the focus and Page Down/Up no longer work on the projected
Slide Show. To get the best of both worlds, use the up and down arrows, instead
of Page Up/Down, to advance slides. The arrows work when the focus is on the
Presenter View.

It's kind of hard to explain, but if you play with it I think you'll see what I
mean.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:82BA9B14-CC30-47A5-AC4A-6F6BF0915C9A@microsoft.com...
> Presenter View provides a great way for the presenter to control a slide
> show. It appears, however, that the Page Up and Page Down keys do not change
> slides. This is frustrating as these are the standard keys used when in
> normal slide show view. The only option is to use the mouse and click the
> on-screen buttons, which is not efficient or easy to do when presenting.
> Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks Sonia. The views work as you described.

It is a little frustrating that the two view work differently. Consistency
in the user-interface has been a long-time strength for Microsoft and it
would be great if the two views worked the same way.

Cheers

Andrew

"Sonia" wrote:

> PowerPoint is a single focus application. The Presenter View is intended for
> controlling the show from the secondary screen, so the Page Up and Page Down
> keys are used for scrolling through the Notes when the Presenter View screen has
> focus. If you change the "focus" to the slide show, the Page Up and Page Down
> keys will change your slides. To change the focus to the Slide Show (projected
> view) move the cursor to it and click once . However, if you then use any of
> the controls on the Presenter View, e.g. click on a thumbnail or on one of the
> arrows, you change the focus and Page Down/Up no longer work on the projected
> Slide Show. To get the best of both worlds, use the up and down arrows, instead
> of Page Up/Down, to advance slides. The arrows work when the focus is on the
> Presenter View.
>
> It's kind of hard to explain, but if you play with it I think you'll see what I
> mean.
> --
>
> Sonia Coleman
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
>
> "Andrew" <Andrew@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:82BA9B14-CC30-47A5-AC4A-6F6BF0915C9A@microsoft.com...
> > Presenter View provides a great way for the presenter to control a slide
> > show. It appears, however, that the Page Up and Page Down keys do not change
> > slides. This is frustrating as these are the standard keys used when in
> > normal slide show view. The only option is to use the mouse and click the
> > on-screen buttons, which is not efficient or easy to do when presenting.
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
>