Mac Memos

Mark wrote in with this: I have a Keynote question…

When making a Keynote presentation and using an external projector ,the MacBook has a feature that allows you to view the ‘current’ and ‘next’ slides on your Mac while only the current slide shows on the projected screen…”Play / Customize Presenter Display’……’Great’ feature for presenters who use their own external projector.

The problem is I cannot get it to work properly….My projected image shows both the ‘Current’ and ‘Next’ slides..I cannot get only the single ‘Current’ image on the screen…I have checked all the settings but am stumped!!

I replied with a link to this Apple Tech Note.

Then Mark got back to me with his experience:

I had a few problems with the first set up but there were three things that I found effect the result.
1. The projector (Dell) must be connected to the MacBook and turned on first
2. In Keynote Preferences / Presenter Display..Check ‘Alternative Display’
3. In Keynote Preferences / Slideshow…Check ‘Present Secondary Display’
The result:
Slide #1 projected
Slide # 1 & 2, plus ‘Presenter Notes’ displayed on the MacBook…just like it suppose to do.

Thanks, Mark! Good stuff.