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At least twice a year, I teach installer training for my company. During training, I show several presentations. Of course, my choice of presentation programs is LibreOffice Impress. As you might already know, one of the reasons is the Impress Remote app for Android, but even when I don't use Impress Remote, I still use Impress for a feature called the Presenter Console. The console is a control panel for the person giving the presentation, with tools to view notes, move between slides, and keep track of the time you have spent on a presentation. When I give my presentations, I am on a laptop connected to a big screen or projector. Any time you have dual monitors, you can set your system to use the Presenter Console. Make sure your second monitor is not set to mirror the first monitor. You want the second monitor to extend the first monitor. The good thing is the extended mode allows each monitor to have the best resolution for that monitor. Making the second monitor an extension of the first also allows you to use the Presenter Console. Before you begin, make sure that the slide show is set to show on the second screen. You can check this in the menus, Slide Show > Slide Show Settings. Under Multiple Displays, select the monitor you want the presentation to appear on. This option is available only when you have multiple monitors. This setting does not save with the presentation document but in the Impress settings.
Au moins deux fois par an, je dispense une formation d'installateur pour ma société. Pendant la formation, je montre différentes présentations. Bien sûr, je choisis LibreOffice Impress comme programme de présentation. Comme vous pourriez déjà le savoir, l'appli Impress Remote pour Androïd est une des raisons, mais, même quand je n'utilise pas Impress Remote, j'utilise encore Impress pour une fonctionnalité appelée la Console du présentateur. La console est un panneau de contrôle, pour la personne faisant la présentation, avec des outils pour voir les notes, se déplacer dans les diapositives, et suivre le temps passer sur une présentation.
Quand je donne mes présentations, j'ai un portable connecté à un grand écran ou à un projecteur. Chaque fois que vous disposez d'un double affichage, vous pouvez régler le système pour utiliser la Console du présentateur. Assurez-vous que le second écran n'est pas réglé en miroir du premier. Vous voulez que le second écran soit une extension du premier. La bonne chose est que le mode étendu permet d'avoir la meilleure résolution sur chaque écran. En faisant du second écran une extension du premier, vous avez la possibilité d'utiliser la Console du présentateur.
Avant de commencer, assurez-vous que le diaporama est réglé pour être vu sur le second écran. Vous pouvez le vérifier dans le menu, Diaporama > Paramètres du diaporama. Sous Écrans multiples, sélectionnez l'écran sur lequel vous voulez afficher la présentation. Cette option n'est valable que si vous avez plusieurs écrans. Ce réglage n'est pas sauvegardé dans le document de présentation mais dans les paramètres d'Impress.
When you start your presentation (Slide Show > Start from first Slide), the Presenter Console will appear on your non-presentation monitor. The default mode shows the current slide, the next slide, and the control bar. The current slide keeps you up to date on what is showing on the presentation screen, so you don't have to look behind you or away from your notes to see what your audience sees. This is especially important when you have animations that bring your points up one at a time on the slide. The next slide shows you the complete, finished slide that comes after the current one. The control bar is the main component of the console. In the bar you can change between the different modes, switch slides, view notes or slides, or swap the views on the monitors. The previous and next buttons move you through the slides. The previous button moves the presentation to the start of the previous slide. The next button moves you forward to the next animation, or, if there are no more animations on the current slide, the next slide. I hardly use these. I usually use the spacebar to move forward and the backspace to move backward. The choice is yours, and these buttons work great if you want to keep your hands on a mouse. The Notes button switches the display to notes mode. In notes mode, you get a smaller version of the current slide, and the next slide moves to a position underneath it. The right side of the console displays any notes for the current slide. This mode is very helpful when you have a lot of notes in your presentation, which I highly recommend you do when giving a presentation for the first time. The + (plus) and – (minus) buttons allow you to change the size of the text in the notes. Ideally, your notes will fit on the screen, but sometimes, you need more notes. Adjusting the size allows you to find that happy spot between readability and max coverage. You get a scroll bar when the notes are too long to fit in the note window. The close button closes the notes and returns you to the default mode.
Quand vous commencez votre présentation, (Diaporama > Démarrer à la première diapo), la Console du présentateur apparaîtra sur l'écran non utilisé par la présentation. Le mode par défaut affiche la diapo en cours, la prochaine et la barre de contrôle. La diapo courant vous tient à jour de ce qui est présenté sur l'affichage de présentation, aussi vous n'avez pas à regarder derrière vous ou quitter vos notes des yeux pour voir ce que voit l'assistance. C'est particulièrement important quand vous avez des animations qui amènent vos sujets un par un sur la diapo.
The slides button on the control bar pops up a display of all the slides in the presentation. You can use the scrollbar to scroll through your slides until you find the one you need. When you select a slide, the slide shows on the main presentation monitor. Click the close button to return to the previous view mode (default or notes). This comes in handy when someone brings up a topic you have already discussed, and you want to go back to the slide where the topic was discussed. I find myself doing this from time to time, and the slides screen is much faster than using the previous button. In the center of the control bar are the clock and timer. I use the timer to keep track of how much time I have spent on the current presentation. Am I moving too fast? Do I need to slow down? Do I need to get on with it? The clock is also useful for the same thing. Gotta be finished by noon? Knowing what time it is without looking at your watch or phone sure does help. The clock and timer are helpful for keeping on schedule. The Exchange button allows you to swap the monitor displays. Not sure why you would want to do this, but it is there as an option. I guess if, in a pinch, you got your displays backwards, you could swap the monitors to get things on the right displays. Or you needed to show the presenter screen to your audience? I'm really not sure why it exists, but it is there should you ever need it. I'm sure it will save someone somewhere some embarrassment some day.
The last button on the control bar is the Help button. Clicking Help brings up a list of all the keyboard shortcuts for the console. When giving presentations, I find the podium is not big enough for me to have a mouse, and I'm not very fond of laptop mousepads. Keyboard shortcuts make it much easier to navigate. There are a few, but it's not so many that you can't memorize them. For next and previous, I recommend you find the pair that works best for you and use it. I use the spacebar for next and backspace for previous. The forward and backward relationship makes them easy for me to remember. The right and left arrows also make sense for the same reason. The CTRL-1 (standard view), CTRL-2 (notes view), and CTRL-3 (slides view) makes it quick and easy to switch between the different views. B blacks out the screen. Use it during breaks, or to divert the audience's attention elsewhere. Press B again to bring the screen back. W does the same thing, only it whites out the screen. Press ESC at any time to end the slide show. If you know the number of the slide you want to jump to, enter the number and press Enter. Home takes you to the first slide, and End takes you to the last one. G and S grow and shrink the size of the notes text, and H and L move the cursor in notes view backward and forward. The Presenter Console in Impress is a handy control center for anyone giving a presentation. The screen always lets you know the current status on the presentation monitor and shows you the next slide in the presentation. The control bar gives you access to all the features of the console. The notes mode shows you the notes for the current slide. The slides mode allows you to quickly switch to any slide in the presentation. The help button gives you a reminder of the keyboard shortcuts for the console. The Presenter Console keeps the presenter in control of the presentation.