How to Share PowerPoint on Zoom?

Teams and remote workers use Zoom daily, and sometimes they have to share PowerPoint presentations with other team members on Zoom. How to share PowerPoint on Zoom effectively? You can simply open the PowerPoint presentation, share your screen, and then start the slideshow.

But there is a problem with this approach: viewers will see the thumbnails of the presentation ahead of the slideshow, and you don’t want that to happen. We will see the possible ways to share your PowerPoint presentation on Zoom like a pro.

What is Zoom?

Zoom is a popular, cloud-based communication platform for video conferencing, offering features like high-quality video and audio, screen sharing, chat, and webinar capabilities. Users can access Zoom via desktops, laptops, or smartphones and join or create virtual meetings.

Apart from live communication, members of the meeting can also share documents, files, and even their live screen. Presenting PowerPoint slides on Zoom gives an interactive experience for the presenter and the viewers.

Sharing PowerPoint on Zoom

There are different possible ways to share PowerPoint on Zoom. If you have a dual monitor setup, one screen can be used for sharing the slides while the other can be used for the presenter’s notes.

For a single monitor setup, simply start the slide show on your computer and share the screen with the members. This way, the presenter will have access to the Zoom features and PowerPoint presentation slides.

Option 1: Share Presentation in a Window

If you need to access the features of the Zoom program, you should start the slideshow in a window instead of full screen. This method is usually recommended so that presenters can easily access the Zoom controls without interrupting the slideshow. Here are the simple steps on how to share PowerPoint on Zoom in a window.

Step 1: Open PowerPoint and Zoom

Before starting the Zoom meeting, let’s set up the PowerPoint slideshow the correct way. Open your presentation, go the Slideshow tab >> Set up Slideshow and then choose “Browsed by an individual (window)” option and press OK.

Step 2: Start the Slideshow

Choose whether to start the slideshow from the current slide or from the beginning. Simply leave the slideshow running and switch to the Zoom meeting.

Step 3: Start Meeting and Share Screen

Once you have started the meeting, click the Share Screen button, and once screen sharing has started, switch to the PowerPoint slideshow.

From the options, select the PowerPoint slideshow window and click Share. Instead of full screen, the slideshow will start in a separate window, like the image below.

As you can see, the slideshow window has borders and options to minimize and move the window without interrupting the slideshow.

Option 2: Share PowerPoint in Full Screen

If Zoom features and other tools are not required during your presentation, follow the same steps but in the slideshow setup, choose “Presented by a speaker (full screen)” option and follow the same steps as mentioned in the first method.

This way, sharing the screen will display the slideshow in full-screen mode, and you cannot access the other tools during the slideshow.

Note: Make sure to start the slideshow before sharing the screen if you don’t want the audience to see the slide thumbnails ahead of time. Starting the slideshow before screen sharing will directly display the slideshow screen, not the thumbnails.

How to Generate Speaker Notes for a Zoom Presentation?

You have the presentation ready and want to share on Zoom, but the talking points are not ready. The meeting is about to start in the next 15 minutes, and it seems impossible to generate speaker notes for all slides.

Honestly, it is quite impossible to generate speaker notes for a detailed presentation within a few minutes. You cannot go through all the slides and then write down the detailed explanation for every slide. How to generate speaker notes instantly?

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Twistly is an AI-powered add-in for PowerPoint that can generate speaker notes for any specific slide or all slides within seconds. All you need to do is follow these simple steps:

Step 1: Open the PowerPoint presentation, launch Twistly

Step 2: Select Speaker Notes, the 5^th option from the menu

Step 3: Select whether to generate speaker notes for all slides or for this slide

Step 4: Your speaker notes are ready. Present with confidence

That’s all, generating speaker notes with Twistly is easier than adding a new blank slide, two clicks, and your talking points are ready. Not only can you do speaker notes, but you can also do tons of other amazing tasks with Twistly. You can make professional presentations from topics or AI prompts.

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Final Words

Zoom and PowerPoint are two popular tools for meetings and sharing ideas. Here is how to share PowerPoint on Zoom flawlessly. If you are ever stuck at any point while making a presentation, don’t panic, as Twistly is the solution to all of your PowerPoint-related challenges.