<p>To preview the current presentation in the <atarget="_blank"href="https://www.onlyoffice.com/presentation-editor.aspx"onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)"><b>Presentation Editor</b></a>, you can:</p>
<li>click the <b>Start slideshow</b><imgalt="Start slideshow icon"src="../images/startpreview.png"/> icon on the <b>Home</b> tab of the top toolbar or on the left side of the status bar, or</li>
<li>select a certain slide within the slide list on the left, right-click it and choose the <b>Start Slideshow</b> option from the contextual menu.</li>
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<p>The preview will start from the currently selected slide. </p>
<p>You can also click the arrow next to the <b>Start slideshow</b><imgalt="Start slideshow icon"src="../images/startpreview.png"/> icon on the <b>Home</b> tab of the top toolbar and select one of the available options:</p>
<li><b>Show presenter view</b> - to start the preview in the <b>Presenter</b> mode that allows you to show the presentation to your audience without slide notes while viewing the presentation with the slide notes on a different monitor.</li>
<li><b>Show Settings</b> - to open the settings window that allows you to set only one option: <b>Loop continuously until 'Esc' is pressed</b>. Check this option if necessary and click <b>OK</b>. If you enable this option, the presentation will be displayed until you press the <b>Escape</b> key, i.e. when the last slide of the presentation is reached, you will be able to go to the first slide again, etc. If you disable this option, once the last slide of the presentation is reached, a black screen will appear indicating that the presentation is finished, and you can exit from the <b>Preview</b>.
<li>the <b>Pause presentation</b><imgalt="Pause presentation icon"src="../images/pausepresentation.png"/> button allows you to stop previewing. When the button is pressed, it turns into the <imgalt="Start presentation icon"src="../images/startpresentation.png"/> button.</li>
<li>the <b>Start presentation</b><imgalt="Start presentation icon"src="../images/startpresentation.png"/> button allows you to resume previewing. When the button is pressed, it turns into the <imgalt="Pause presentation icon"src="../images/pausepresentation.png"/> button.</li>
<li>the <b>Slide number indicator</b> displays the current slide number as well as the overall number of slides in the presentation. To go to a certain slide in the preview mode, click on the <b>Slide number indicator</b>, enter the necessary slide number in the opened window and press <b>Enter</b>.</li>
<li>the <b>Full screen</b><imgalt="Full screen icon"src="../images/fullscreen.png"/> button allows you to switch to the full screen mode.</li>
<li>the <b>Exit full screen</b><imgalt="Exit full screen icon"src="../images/exitfullscreen.png"/> button allows you to exit the full screen mode.</li>
<p>You can also <ahref="../HelpfulHints/KeyboardShortcuts.htm#preview"onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">use the keyboard shortcuts</a> to navigate between the slides in the preview mode.</p>
<p>In the <b>Presenter</b> mode, you can view your presentations with slide notes in a separate window, while demonstrating it without notes on a different monitor. The notes for each slide are displayed below the slide preview area.</p>
<p>To navigate among the slides, you can use the <imgalt="Previous Slide icon"src="../images/previousslide.png"/> and <imgalt="Next Slide icon"src="../images/nextslide.png"/> buttons or click slides in the list on the left. The hidden slide numbers are crossed out in the slide list on the left. If you wish to show a slide marked as hidden to others, just click it in the slide list on the left - the slide will be displayed.</p>
<li>the <b>Pause presentation</b><imgalt="Pause presentation icon"src="../images/presenter_pausepresentation.png"/> button allows you to stop previewing. When the button is pressed, it turns into the <imgalt="Start presentation icon"src="../images/presenter_startpresentation.png"/> button.</li>
<li>the <b>Start presentation</b><imgalt="Start presentation icon"src="../images/presenter_startpresentation.png"/> button allows you to resume previewing. When the button is pressed, it turns into the <imgalt="Pause presentation icon"src="../images/presenter_pausepresentation.png"/> button.</li>
<li>the <b>Previous slide</b><imgalt="Previous slide icon"src="../images/presenter_previousslide.png"/> button allows you to return to the previous slide.</li>
<li>the <b>Next slide</b><imgalt="Next slide icon"src="../images/presenter_nextslide.png"/> button allows you to advance to the following slide.</li>
<li>the <b>Pointer</b><imgalt="Pointer icon"src="../images/pointer.png"/> button allows you to highlight something on the screen when showing the presentation. When this option is enabled, the button looks like this: <imgalt="Pointer icon"src="../images/pointer_enabled.png"/>. To point some objects, hover your mouse pointer over the slide preview area and move the pointer around the slide. The pointer will look the following way: <imgalt="Pointer icon"src="../images/pointer_screen.png"/>. To disable this option, click the <imgalt="Pointer icon"src="../images/pointer_enabled.png"/> button once again.</li>