A well-designed and professionally delivered slide presentation is a powerful tool for sharing information and making your point. With Microsoft Lync Web App communications software you can present your slides using Microsoft PowerPoint presentation graphics program, managing the content and pace for maximum effect.
What do you want to do?
Have a colleague upload the PowerPoint file
Lync Web App does not support uploading PowerPoint files, so the meeting organizer or another presenter who is running Microsoft Lync 2010 will have to upload the PowerPoint file that you plan to present.
Note: Only the meeting organizer can upload the file ahead of time. Other presenters can upload it after the meeting begins.
Present the slides
After the PowerPoint file is uploaded, you can share the presentation.
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Check the participant list to determine if you’re already a presenter in the current meeting.
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If you aren’t a presenter, have the organizer or another presenter make you one.
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To start the presentation, click Share, click Recent Content, and then click the PowerPoint file.
The words You are sharing appear at the top of the stage (right pane of the meeting window).Tip: Alternatively, another presenter can begin the presentation, and then you can click Take Over as Presenter.
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Use the navigation arrows in the lower right of the stage to advance through your presentation.
To move around in the presentation, click the Show Thumbnails button.
Clickable thumbnails of the slides appear on the left of the stage. -
To view any presenter notes that you prepared, click the Show Presenter Notes button. Only you will see the notes.
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Control what others can view while you’re presenting
If you don’t want meeting attendees looking ahead in the presentation, you can lock them to your view.
Note: Other presenters can still look ahead in the presentation.
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At the top of the meeting window, click Join Information and Meeting Options and then click Meeting Options.
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In Privileges, next to View privately, select who you want to be able to move around in the slides.
Change presenters during a presentation
Presenters can take turns showing PowerPoint slides in a meeting.
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If the person who will take over the presentation is not listed as a Presenter in the participant list, click the arrow to the right of their name in the list, and then click Make a Presenter.
Now that person can click Take Over as Presenter.
View a different slide than the presenter
During a presentation, other meeting participants who are listed as presenters can privately look ahead in the presentation or review a slide they’ve already seen.
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Do one of the following:
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To privately advance through the presentation, use the navigation arrows in the lower right of the stage.
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To jump around in the presentation, click the Show Thumbnails button, and then click the thumbnails of the slides on the left of the stage.
To rejoin the group presentation, click Return to Presenter’s View.
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Save a copy of the PowerPoint file
Any presenter can save a copy of the original PowerPoint file (without annotation) on their computer for future reference.
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In the stage, click the Save button
Annotate a presentation
When you annotate a presentation, you can draw, type text, add arrows, or place an image on the top layer of a presentation. Everyone will be able to see your annotations, but the original file is not altered. By default, everyone who is viewing a presentation can annotate it.
Limit who can annotate a presentation
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At the top of the meeting window, click Join Information and Meeting Options, and then click Meeting Options.
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In Privileges, next to Annotate presentations, select who you want to be able to annotate the presentation.
Annotate
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To start writing or drawing on the current PowerPoint slide, use the tools at the lower left of the stage.
Details about using the annotation tools
Text
Type it
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Click the Select and Type button (if it isn’t already selected)
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Select a font and size by clicking the down arrow next to the Select and Type button before you start typing.
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Use the Color button
Paste it
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Copy to the Clipboard the text that you want to use.
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Click the slide where you want to paste it, and then press Ctrl+V.
You can use the Color button
Lines, arrows, and shapes
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Click the Line button
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Use the Color button
Freehand drawing or highlighting
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Click the Pen button
Arrow, check mark, or X stamp
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Click the Arrow Stamp button
Insert an image
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Click the Insert image button
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Resize the image by dragging the triangle in its lower right corner.
Save a copy of the annotated file
Any presenter can save a copy of the PowerPoint file that includes annotations.
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In the stage, click the Save with Annotations button
A zip file containing images of all the slides along with any annotations is created in the selected location.
Stop presenting
To stop showing the PowerPoint presentation, do the following:
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At the top right of the stage, click Stop Sharing.
