You set up your PowerPoint show to run automatically…but how will your speaker know how long s/he can rattle on before the show leaves town without him? There are a couple of ways you can help:
1) When you choose “rehearse timing,” PowerPoint will ask you if you want to view timings in Slide Sorter view. Say yes. This is what you’ll see:
If I create your show, you’d better talk fast!
You can do a screen print or use your Snagit to provide an overview of the timing for the show.
2) As you set the timings, or using the above print out as your cheat sheet, enter the timings into the Notes View for each slide. Each slide will appear on a page, looking something like this:
In newer version of PowerPoint, you can split the presentation so that the speaker sees the notes version and the audience sees the notes version.
Really, though, I think clicking for each change is safer. Imbedded movies are the only time you should need to do this.
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