Present your slides

You can present your slides straight from the Slides editor, in full screen, without any extra software.

Start presenting

Open the presentation you want to show, then click the Present button in the toolbar (the play icon). Your browser goes full screen and the active slide fills the screen on a black background. When you stop moving the mouse, the cursor hides so it does not distract your audience.

The presentation starts from whichever slide is active in the editor. To start from a specific slide, click its thumbnail in the left panel first.

Move between slides

With the mouse, anywhere on the slide:

• Left-click to go to the next slide.
• Right-click to go back to the previous slide.

With the keyboard:

• Right arrow, Down arrow, Page Down, or Space for the next slide.
• Left arrow, Up arrow, or Page Up for the previous slide.

A presentation clicker sends those same keys, so it works too. On a phone, tap the screen to move to the next slide.

Leave the presentation

An Exit present button sits in the top-right corner. It appears when you enter and whenever you move the mouse, then fades away so it stays out of the slide. Click it to return to the editor.

You can also press Escape at any time. And when you move past the last slide, the presentation ends on its own and the editor returns to normal.