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Present on multiple monitors (and view speaker notes privately)

You can present with 2 monitors: Using Presenter View is a great way to view your presentation with speaker notes on one monitor (your laptop, for example), while your audience views the notes-free presentation on a different monitor (like a larger screen you're projecting to).

Note:  Make sure the device you're using for your presentation supports the use of multiple monitors. Check with your manufacturer for up-to-date information about multiple monitor support.

To do this procedure and split the view between projectors in this way, you must be connected to the second screen.

Set up PowerPoint to use Presenter view with two monitors

On the Slide Show tab, in the Monitors group, select Use Presenter View .

Windows Display Settings should open.

In the Display Settings dialog box, on the Monitor tab, select the monitor icon that you want to use to view your speaker notes, and then select the This is my main monitor check box.

If the This is my main monitor check box is selected and unavailable, the monitor is already designated as the primary monitor.

Select the monitor icon for the second monitor—the one the audience will watch, and then select the Extend my Windows Desktop onto this monitor check box.

Notes:  If the Windows Display Settings don't open, do the following:

Windows 10: Click Start > Settings > System > Display . At the top, under Customize your display , is a diagram of the screens connected to your computer, with each screen numbered. If you are connected to a project, typically it will be represented in the diagram as screen 2. Select screen 1 in the diagram, then scroll downward. Ensure that the check box named Make this my main display is selected. Above that check box, in the Multiple displays list, select Extend these displays .

Windows 8: Right-click the Windows Start button, click Control Panel > Display > Adjust resolution . In the Multiple displays list, click Extend these displays . Select the monitor on which you want to view your speaker notes, and click Make this my main display .

You can use PowerPoint on your smartphone as a remote control to run your presentation and view your speaker notes. See Using a laser pointer on your smartphone when presenting in PowerPoint for more information, including a brief video.

Deliver your presentation on two monitors

On the Slide Show tab, in the Set Up group, click Set Up Slide Show .

In the Set Up Show dialog box, choose the options that you want, and then click OK . If you choose Automatic , PowerPoint will display speaker notes on the laptop monitor, if available. Otherwise, PowerPoint will display speaker notes on the main display identified in your Display settings ( Settings > Display ).

Extend vs. Duplicate: What happens after the slide show ends

PowerPoint does something behind the scenes to make the process of starting a slide show on a second monitor as smooth and quick as possible. When you enter Slide Show, PowerPoint automatically changes your display settings (also known as your display topology) to Extend .

What can be confusing is what happens after your slide show concludes:

In PowerPoint 2013 , when your slide show ends, PowerPoint leaves the display topology as Extend . (The benefit of this approach is that the next time you present on a second monitor, the first slide will appear with minimal delay. The drawback is that PowerPoint may be overriding your preferred display setting of "duplicate". Some people don't like this override.)

In newer versions , in the same end-of-slide-show scenario, PowerPoint reverts to your default setting, returning to Duplicate , if that's what you have chosen.

If you are using PowerPoint 2013 and you want PowerPoint to revert to the default setting, rather than keeping the Extend setting, you can tell it to do that by making a small change to the Windows registry as described below.

In this procedure, you are creating a command that adds a new setting to the Windows Registry for PowerPoint, and then you are running that command:

Create a new file in Notepad.

Copy and paste the following three lines of text into Notepad:

On the File menu in Notepad, click Save As .

Name the file Update.reg . (It's important that the file name extension be .reg ).

In the Save as type box, choose All Files (*.*) .

Take note of the folder in which you are saving the file. Then click Save , and close Notepad.

Open File Explorer from the Start menu and navigate to the folder where you saved Update.reg.

Double-click Update.reg .

Answer "Yes" to the two prompts that ensue.

With that completed, PowerPoint will now revert to your default display topology at the conclusion of a slide show.

(Read more technical details in this community forum post that was answered by a PowerPoint program manager .)

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How to Use Powerpoint on Multiple Displays

Katie | April 14, 2020

If you have multiple screens and are using PowerPoint, there are some great tools and tricks available that you can use. Some of these include choosing which monitor you want to present on, how to use presenter view with the dual monitor function, and yes we show you how to use a virtual laser pointer! Enjoy our video or read through the walkthrough below.

Step by step walkthrough:

We make a lot of different products that allow you to add multiple displays to your system and in the course of helping our customers, we get questions that are not necessarily related to our products themselves, but to functional and usability aspects of having multiple displays. And one of the things we’ve helped customers with in the past that I’d like to demonstrate today are some of the multiple display options within Microsoft’s PowerPoint.

What I have right now is the PowerPoint application opened on my display on the left and I’ve got nothing open on my display on the right. I’ve got one of the built in PowerPoint example presentations open, and what I want to do is click on Slide Show where I can see certain settings about how the presentation will run when I start up. What’s interesting here is this section that’s called Monitor. Right now, the monitor is set to primary monitor.

Now my display on the left is my primary monitor. So what that means is when I start the presentation, the presentation runs on my primary display. I can go through it like I would any presentation using the arrow keys and when I’m done I can press escape to go back to PowerPoint. Well that’s pretty expected and standard, but there’s other options you have when you have more than one display. If I click on the dropdown for Monitor, I can pick the second display I have connected to the system so that when I start the presentation, PowerPoint will stay open on my one display, but the actual slideshow and we’ll start on the other.

Now why would you want to do this? I have a desktop with just two displays connected to it, but this could just as easily be a laptop with a projector connected to its video output. So while I’m working in my PowerPoint or presenting, I can still see all of the slides in the display outside of the actual presentation.

Okay, that’s pretty useful. But what else can we do? Let me stop the slide show and click the option: Use presenter view.

What this does is when I start the presentation that only shows the output of the presentation on my right display, but it also shows a timer, the slides themselves, what my next slide will be, if there’s any notes for the individual slide and handy tools that will allow you to manipulate information outside of the view of the audience while working.

Now, again, not the most exciting thing in and of itself, but pretty handy if you’re using a laptop and presenting. It allows you to have more control over your presentation and review any notes if you need to all at the same time.

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00:00 Intro 01:16 Controlling 1 Monitor 01:58 Running Presenter View on 1 Monitor 02:22 Controlling 2 Monitors 03:23 Force Presenter View to Chosen Monitor 03:56 Controlling 3 Monitors 05:20 How to Use 3 Monitors While Editing 06:10 Bonus Tip: Running Without a Projector 06:41 Wrap-Up

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If you are fine with just plugging your projector into your external display port of your laptop and hitting F5 to run your slide show on a big project. And it works every time, then you are good to go.  But if you want to take full control of utilizing one or two or even three combinations of monitors or projector systems, then the next five minutes will put you in control.

Hi, this is Les McCarter of Power UP Training, where I take my decades of PowerPoint experience and share it with you for free.

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In the next five minutes, I will show you how to take complete control of how PowerPoint interacts with multiple monitors, including tricks of how to get Presenter view to show up on one monitor plus how to control where the project screen show will show up every time! No fumbling on stage in front of your audience. Plus some bonus tips.

Let’s go power up to Taking Control of your multiple monitors.

Let’s start with a single connected monitor and get used to examining the DISPLAY SETTINGS to confirm our configuration.

Make sure you can see your desktop; for me it is one of my ocean photographs.

Right-click the empty desktop and select  DISPLAY SETTINGS.

In our 1 monitor scenario, we see NO MENTION display.  Take note, as when we return, we will see a screen like this.

So no changes here, lets go ahead and open up PowerPoint with an existing

presentation.

It should come as no surprise that if you launch a slide show, it show up full screen on your single monitor.

But here is a SLICK TRICK of on your keyboard do a ALT+F5 to show the presenter mode on a single monitor to do a practice run on presenting without a two-screen setup.  This is just for practice but it is useful.  Once again, just ALT-F5 and he PRESENTER MODE pops up instead of the full-screen presentation

Let’s move on to the TWO MONITOR Scenario.

Just like before, I will show my desktop and right click to select DISPLAY SETTINGS.

Here we see that we do have two displays and if we click IDENTIFY, we can match up which one is which in relative relations to each other

Do note that my background is duplicated on all my displays, so I will add some numbers for us to track which is which.

Back to the same PowerPoint Presentation  which pops up on monitor 1. and  when in SLIDE SHOW view, we can see that the display is set on the default AUTOMATIC.  Which to me is just a roll of the dice for which monitor will pop up the slide show and which for the presenter view.

If you don’t like the layout, then just go the PRESENTER VIEW, and click DISPLAY SETTINGS and chooses SWAP PRESENTER VIEW AND SLIDE SHOW to have them jump back and forth.

If you want to take full control, then in SLIDE SHOW view, click the drop down arrow for MONITOR and choose.  It may be confusing as you need to know either which is your primary monitor or use the earlier trick to find you DISPLAY number.  In our case, we will force the presentation to MONITOR #1

So you can either just swap when live, or elect to choose in advance in SLIDE SHOW and MONITOR.

Now to our last scenario: 3 monitors on one computer.  As before, let’s look at  our setup by going to  our desktop RIGHT CLICKing and choosing DISPLAY SETTINGS

In Windows 10, the monitor numbering is tied to your video card ports, not where they are physically located on your desk.  Like a card in the computer game solitaire, you can click and drag the monitor number to match the physical location of each monitor.  Also take note, the my monitor #2 is a much smaller resolution monitor as seen in the screen menu, but I am showing it as full screen in this tutorial.

Now let’s check out where the slide show and presenter windows will show up.  I will reset the DISPLAY in SLIDE SHOW VIEW back to Automatic and then launch the slide show.

So the actual presentation show is on monitor #2 to the farthest right and the presenter view is on Monitor #3 in the middle and our regular edit NORMAL view is shown on Monitor #1 on the far left.

Now watch what happens when in the presenter windows, I tell it to swap monitors and all it does is swap between monitors #2 and #3, leaving monitors #1 untouched.

So is there any advantage to working on three monitors?

Yes.  In my final workflow, while do a last minute quality review, I will have all three views up on my workstation to look at how everything flows both on the big screen slide show and the presenter view.  And if I have any corrections, I can do them LIVE on the normal edit view with the results immediately shows.

Watch how I add in a new slide in the normal edit view and insert a photo, with the resulting new slide automatically showing up in both the slide show and in my presenter view.

Wrap Up (New Slide)

Now you have all the need knowledge to take complete control of your PowerPoint presentation monitors.

Here is one extra bonus tip.  If you have a tabletop presentation, but no projector, just setup a second monitor to face away from you. Then put your display settings (Windows Key + P for Project) and select DUPLICATE.  Now the slide show will be facing you and your tabletop audience.

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PowerPoint: Presenter View on Dual Monitors

To disable the presenter view:

• Within PowerPoint, click the [Slide Show] tab.
• Locate the "Monitors" group > Uncheck "Use Presenter View."
• Within the "Monitors" group, click the "Monitor" dropdown menu > Select the specific monitor on which the slideshow should display. (The default option reads "Automatic.")

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Yes, you can run two PowerPoint presentations at the same time from your computer. This dogged me for years until I realized how easy this was to setup in PowerPoint.

As you begin to do deals overseas, work with international clients and investors, you will eventually be asked to run two different translations of your PowerPoint presentation, at the same time on the same monitor. When I was working in China, I was asked to do this all the time. That is, showing both an English and Chinese version of our deal, at the same time as you can see below.

To be clear, PowerPoint presentations by default, run as full screen slides. That is, after starting your slide show, your slides take up the entirety of your screen, monitor, or overhead projector.

The trick to running two PowerPoint presentations at the same time is to change the default behavior of how PowerPoint runs your presentations in slide show mode. That is, you need to change them to run as individual windows that you can resize and rearrange. In this way, you can present two or more presentations at the same time, on the same screen.

Presenting two or more presentations at the same time is useful when you need to:

• Present the same presentation in two different languages (or for two different audiences)
• Compare two different presentations side-by-side in Slide Show mode
• Run a presentation on half of your screen, while you add speaker notes in the other half

NOTE: When running two presentations at the same time on your computer, each presentation needs to be advanced individually. On top of that, some of the presentation tools like the pen and highlighter do not work when running multiple presentations at the same time. See below for further details.

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Setting up two presentations to run side-by-side

Setting up two presentations to run like this is easy in PowerPoint. Just remember to change the settings back before you send your presentation to your boss or client.

Once you change how PowerPoint runs in Slide Show mode, it remains that way until you change it back to its default.

If you send your client a deck that runs differently than they expect, I guarantee they will send it back to you and tell you that PowerPoint is broken. This has happened to be a couple of times over the years, so that is a friendly reminder for you.

1. Open the Set Up Slide Show dialog box

To open the Set Up Slide Show dialog box, simply:

• Click the Slide Show tab
• Select the Set Up Slide Show command

You can also shortcut the process by holding the Shift key on your keyboard and clicking the Reading Pane icon at the bottom of your PowerPoint screen.

NOTE:  Once you have your two or more presentations setup to run as individual windows, you can use the Windows snap shortcuts to quickly arrange the windows on your screen. To learn how to use these Windows shortcuts and more,  read my guide here .

2. Select Browsed by an individual (window)

The goal of this step is to get your presentations to run in a resizable window as pictured below. This allows you to then run and resize as many presentations as you want on the same monitor.

To present multiple presentations at the same time like this, you need to change the default behavior from Presented by a speaker (full screen) to Browsed by an individual (window) .

Once you’ve made the selection, click OK to return to the Normal View in PowerPoint.

3. Snap your two slide shows into place on your computer

In the image below, I’m using the Windows snap feature options at the top of my screen. To open these, simply click and drag your window to the top of your screen to display them.

After you have changed both of your PowerPoint presentations to run in individual windows, snap the two presentations into place, in the order you want them to display in. The easiest way to do this is to use the Windows snap features at the top of your screen. In this case, I’m using the side-by-side view.

As you do this, make sure you put the presentations in the order you want them to present in. In this case, I’ve put the English version of my presentation on the left, and the Chinese version on the right.

NOTE: You can alternatively start your slide shows first, and then snap them. Once your presentations are set to run as individual windows, is doesn’t matter which order you do this in.

4. Start your two slide shows individually

Once your two presentations are set up the way you want them, all you need to do is start your presentations. The easiest way to do that is to hit F5 on your keyboard. To see alternative ways to start your presentations (including shortcuts), see my guide here .

Below is an example of two 16×9 presentations running side-by-side in slide show mode. My computer monitor is not large enough to show each Slide Show well in the 16:9 format, but you get the idea of how this works.

NOTE: There is no easy way to flip between the 4:3 and 16:9 slide sizes without messing up your presentation. To see why, see my slide size guide here .

NOTE: You can still use the PowerPoint laser pointer shortcut when running two presentations side-by-side. The laser pointer works, but only if you use its shortcut.

Advancing side-by-side slide shows

Now that you are running two or more presentations on the same monitor, your next question is going to be “Can I advance both presentations at the same time?”

Unfortunately, each slide show must be advanced on its own. There is no way to advance both PowerPoint presentations with the single click of your mouse. Instead, you need to click into each presentation individually and advance it.

NOTE: The number of Slide Show commands is limited when running two presentations at the same time. For example, you cannot draw on your PowerPoint slides , and can only use a limited number of commands in the right-click menu.

You are all set for doing international deals now! The next time you are pitching a client and your boss asked you to get two translations of your presentation running at the same time, you will know how to set it up using the Set Up Slide Show dialog box.

Just remember that when running presentations in an individual windows like this, there are a limited number of slide show commands you can use, and you need to advanced each presentation separately.

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How to control what multiple displays do on windows 10.

Gain control of your multiple-monitor Windows 10 setup with a simple keyboard shortcut.

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Windows can use multiple displays in several ways, extending or duplicating your primary monitor. You can even turn off your primary monitor. Here's how to change secondary display settings with a simple keyboard shortcut.

To quickly change how Windows 10 handles multiple displays, press Windows + P.

A dark-gray menu titled "Project" will pop up on the right part of your screen. (That's "project" as in projector, not "project" as in a task people work on together.)

From here, you can use the mouse or cursor keys and Enter to choose the option you'd like. Here's what the options do:

• PC screen only : This mode only shows video on the primary display, even if a second one is connected.
• Duplicate: This mode duplicates the video output from the primary display onto a second display, which can be ideal for presentations.
• Extend: This mode extends the desktop across as many displays as you have connected. It stitches them all into one large virtual desktop, and you can move windows between them .
• Second screen only: This mode only shows video on the second display, while the primary display remains blank and unused.

Related: How to Rearrange Windows with Keyboard Shortcuts on Windows 10

With the options listed above in mind, let's take a look at four common multiple display scenarios and examine how these options can help:

Scenario 1: PowerPoint Presentation

You have a laptop connected to a digital projector in a lecture hall, business meeting, or church, and you'd like to display the contents of your screen through the projector. In this case, you'd want to choose Duplicate mode from the Windows+P Project menu. Next, start up your presentation program as usual, and the audience will see exactly what you see on your computer screen.

Scenario 2: Desktop Power User

You have two or more monitors to give you more screen real estate for productivity purposes, such as software development, video editing, stock trading, or music production. In this case, you'd want to use the Extend mode from the Windows+P Project menu, so you can see as much information as possible at once. You can even move windows between monitors with a keyboard shortcut .

Scenario 3: Laptop Monitor Replacement

You have a work laptop that you'd like to use at home with a large monitor, but you don't need the laptop's built-in display. You can even configure the laptop to stay running with the lid closed, and use an external keyboard and a mouse. In this case, you'd want to pick Second screen only mode from the Windows + P Project menu.

Scenario 4: Family Movie Night

It's movie night, and you have a new video projector that you'd like to use to watch a film from your PC. In this case, you can use Duplicate or Second screen only mode from the Windows + P Project menu. If the projector has a different native resolution than your display, then "Second screen only" may work better because Windows will adapt the output perfectly to the projector instead of trying to stretch your primary display's resolution to fit.

Related: How to Move a Window to Another Monitor on Windows 10

If you don't have a spare monitor but have a PC with a built-in display, you can potentially use it as second monitor with a wireless technology called Miracast built into Windows 10. And, for more info on working productively with multiple-monitor setups, check out our in-depth guides to taking advantage of dual monitors  and adding a second screen to laptops . Have fun, and enjoy the view!

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Edit one PowerPoint presentation on two monitors

I would like to edit my PowerPoint slides on one and have the slide overview on the other screen. I'm using Microsoft Office 2010 Professional on Microsoft Windows 7 x64.

How can I do that?

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Assuming that by "slide overview" you mean Slide Sorter view, do this:

Open your presentation

Choose View | New Window. This will open a second window on the same presentation.

Put the second window into Slide Sorter view, arrange the two windows to suit and you're good to go.

• Do you know if its possible to sync page? So, when page change in the main mointor, it changes in the secondary one. –  Daniel Argüelles Oct 30, 2019 at 13:53
• Other than by forcing it manually, no. That doesn't mean there ISN'T a way, just that I don' t know of any. Sorry. –  Steve Rindsberg Oct 30, 2019 at 16:05

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You’re going to be blown away because this is nothing like any PowerPoint Multiple Monitor systems you have heard before. We are here to proffer solutions with our one in a million custom multi-monitor system. Our products meet or exceed customer requirements and they comply with the appropriate industry standards.

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Dynamic Wall is our Special PowerPoint Multi-screen or Multi-Monitor system, used in projecting PowerPoint on multiple screens or monitors. It is important and is used in Airports, Fast Food Restaurants, Train Stations, Police Stations etc. Do you remember walking into McDonalds and seeing a stretched out menu on 3 monitors? Or visiting the police station and seeing about 6 monitors or televisions displaying presentations from one computer? That’s Dynamic Wall.

The name ‘dynamic wall’ sounds complex and vague right? Let me simplify. Dynamic Wall is a PowerPoint Video Wall. It is a system that allows you use ONE COMPUTER to project unto multiple monitors or televisions. Amazing right? It is.

Dynamic Wall from PresentationPoint is an amazing system that utilizes a special video graphics card to project PowerPoint Output unto several professional screens. No additional software is required. Just PowerPoint which comes with your computer. PowerPoint can only be projected on one screen but with Dynamic wall, PowerPoint can be stretched across 3, 6 or whatever number of monitors.

Components of Dynamic Wall:

• A single Computer
• Video graphics card like Matrox, NVidia, or others.
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Multiple Monitors or Televisions

Special Video Graphics Card: You might ask “why do I require a Graphics card”? The best way to achieve a stable and silent multi-screen computer system is to use multiple, passively cooled, dual monitor graphics cards.

Dynamic wall utilizes a special graphics card that you insert into your computer and connect not only one but up to a larger number of monitors or televisions to your computer. Various monitor setups are possible: 3×2, 2×3, 6×1, 1×6, etc. Dynamic Wall works with any multi-screen video card on the market. For example: the Matrox C-Series multi-display video cards allow you to drive up to six displays or projectors from a single graphics board. They are designed and built to ensure excellent reliability, stability and ease of deployment, C-Series PCI Express® x16 boards are ideal for demanding commercial and critical systems. They deliver advanced multi-monitor capabilities and outstanding performance for a wide range of applications including enterprise, industrial, pro A/V, digital signage, security, control rooms and more.

Why Dynamic Wall

Dynamic Wall take care of all your business Multi-monitor needs so that you can ensure productivity, effectiveness, security, safety, and peace of mind. Here’s why business owners prefer Dynamic Wall to numerous multiple monitor solution providers out there:

• High quality and affordable: We guarantee you quality single source solution and prompt installation, maintenance and repair services at reasonable prices.
• Expert, with many years of experience: Our many years of experience in PowerPoint Multi-monitor system solution makes us your best option.
• Trust: We are tested and trusted. Our customers’ testimonials can give you a better proof of this. We earned and maintain a truly good reputation.
• Effectiveness: Dynamic Wall is very effective and totally designed for the success of your business.
• Highly Versatile : Dynamic Wall can be used in virtually every business organization from Fast food restaurants, Train stations, Security companies, Airports etc.
• Ease of Use: Dynamic wall is relatively easy to set up and use. All you need is a single computer, multiple screens, and a video graphics Card.
• Convenience: With Dynamic Wall you don’t need multiple computer systems to set up multiple monitor system. Using the graphics card eliminates the need for more than 1 computer.
• Stretched PowerPoint Presentation Possible: Normally when you run a slideshow, it will show the slideshow on one monitor only.

With Dynamic Wall, it utilizes up to a number of monitors now. Hence the slideshow is stretched out over all those monitors, just like a slide setup and your Windows screen setup.

The bottom line is…

If you are ready to get rid of your Multiple Monitor Display system Problem, then now is the best time to get started on our Dynamic Wall PowerPoint Multi-Monitor system package.

Don’t wait until after a customer makes a complaint or a fight breaks out at your Pizza Shop because you couldn’t display everyone’s pizza preparation time all at once just because you lacked an effective multi-monitor display system. Remember, with Dynamic Wall your satisfaction is guaranteed. Send us a message today. Thank You.

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Powerpoint presentation to 3 screens

We need to work out a way to send our powerpoint to 2 extended screen

Current set up is:

Screen one - presenter view 

Screen 2 - monitor and Video projectors 

Screen 3 - HDMI monitor and livestream view (a 3rd monitor different to screen 2)

Windows can see this set up fine but when we are in powerpoint we can only choose to send the Output view to screen 2 or 3 not screen 2 and 3 

We need to keep this screen set up (and not duplicate the screens) for another program we run. 

is there any way to send the powerpoint output to screen 2 AND screen 3 without going into system setting and duplicating those screens. 

We are running windows 10 and up to date powerpoint. 

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Hi Stephen,

Welcome to the Answers community.

From your post, we understand you want to utilize three screens to present your PowerPoint presentation.

The official article says, you can present with 2 monitors: Using Presenter View you can view your presentation with speaker notes on one monitor, while your audience views the notes-free presentation on a different monitor.

Reference: Present on multiple monitors (and view speaker notes privately)

Based on my search, with PowerPoint application, it appears it is not possible to send the output view to 2 screens at the same time, we can either choose screen 2 or 3.

We understand, it is an important requirement for you and in this regard, we would like to invite you to provide your feedback in PowerPoint UserVoice and let the Product Group know your requirement. UserVoice is the best way to give the feedback to Product Group as it’s actively monitored by them and many new features have been implemented from our customers feedback.

Moreover, I would like to invite other @community members to this post to share their suggestions if have any experience.

Thanks for understanding.

With sincerest regards,

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How to use and manage multiple monitors on Windows 11

W hether you are a programmer, video editor, photographer, or work in any professional field, a multi-monitor setup on a desk can boost your productivity quickly. Thanks to Windows 11's built-in tools, setting up your brand-new monitors doesn't take much time.

Like its predecessors, Windows 11 offers several features for managing multiple monitors. You can tweak system scaling, resolution, color profiles, panel refresh rate, and other changes via the default Settings app on Windows. Let's get started and complete your ideal setup in no time.

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Connect and detect multiple monitors on windows 11.

You need a compatible cable like HDMI, DisplayPort, or USB-C to connect your modern monitor to a Windows PC. Older units may require Mini DisplayPort or VGA to establish a connection. Now, keep the requirements below in mind if you plan to use another unit, screen, or laptop with your primary monitor.

If your PC only has one output port, you might need a DisplayPort cable to connect two different displays—granted that they support daisy-chaining. For laptops, you can also use a compatible dock that lets you plug in multiple monitors at the same time without the need for daisy chains or multiple cables. If your PC has multiple output ports, you don't need to deal with docks or daisy-changing.

• Plug your monitors into your PC and turn it on.
• Launch Settings by pressing the Windows + I keys and go to the System menu. Click Display.
• Click the Identify button to identify your displays.
• On each of the labeled boxes for your monitor (1, 2, or 3,) click on each one and drag it to represent your actual setup and positioning of the monitors on your desk.
• Click the button next to Identify and change it as you see fit. Depending on the monitor you choose, you can duplicate, extend, or show an image.

That's it. You've learned the basics of managing displays. Now, it's time to explore monitor arrangement a bit more.

Tweak multi-monitor settings on Windows 11

Windows 11 brings some tweaks to set a primary display and remember window locations.

• Open the Display menu in Windows Settings (check the steps above).
• To make a monitor your main display, click on its number in the section above the Multiple Displays and make sure it is selected. Then check the make this my main display box.
• You can have Windows 11 remember the windows you had open by clicking the remember window locations based on monitor connection button. When you plug and unplug your monitor, Windows will bring back the content you had on your external displays.
• Clicking minimize windows when a monitor is disconnected will help keep your desktop clean, so you don't have a ton of open windows when you disconnect your monitors.

Windows 11 will show you a Detect another display button if you want to connect to more displays. You can also set up a wireless display from this menu.

Change scale and layout settings on a monitor

Users with high-resolution or refresh rate panels may need several tweaks from the Settings menu.

• Navigate to the Display menu in Windows Settings (refer to the steps above).
• Scroll down under the Brightness & color option to change brightness and color profiles. Depending on your monitor, these settings might not be available.
• If your monitor supports HDR, click the HDR option and follow the instructions on your screen. Windows will play a sample video to showcase how HDR would look.
• Scroll to Scale & layout and pick an option other than the default value. From there, click each of the categories. A smaller scale means smaller text on the screen, and a bigger scale means bigger text.
• Expand the Display resolution and make sure you choose the highest possible option. This will help you make the most out of your monitor.

Change your monitor's display refresh rate

Most monitors and laptops now have higher refresh rates. You can tweak this by going to the Advanced Display section of Windows 11's display settings.

• Open the Display menu in Windows Settings, scroll down, and click Advanced Display.
• Choose your respected monitor from the list.
• At the bottom of the settings app, go to choose a refresh rate and pick the option you want.

Simplify your workflow with a multi-monitor setup

Once you plug your display into your Windows 11 PC, tweaking the relevant settings to have it work the way you want is quite easy. Apart from monitor tweaks, the default Settings app is quite feature-rich with lots of options. You can check out our dedicated guide to learn how to use the Settings app on Windows .