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During a show, G opens a thumbnail grid and a click jumps to that slide. Z then a click zooms the slide to 2×. Presenter view has Black, White, All slides and Zoom. Esc closes the grid, then the zoom, before it leaves.
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Slide show and presenter view: parity with PowerPoint
Last reviewed: 2026-10-14 · Last updated: 2026-10-14 · Change: minor (See All Slides and zoom during the show; black and white from the presenter window; previous: major, created) · Target: Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 16.113 (Microsoft 365)
Presenting is the job PowerPoint is hired for. This doc covers the show window, presenter view, rehearsal and recording. Transition and animation playback are in animation-parity.md; display hardware in hardware-parity.md. Area score: checklist breadth 66% (measured), ~60% ready (estimated), 10–16 h to parity.
Running the show
| Feature | PowerPoint | DeckCraft | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play from Start / from Current Slide (F5, Shift+F5, Cmd+Enter) | yes | yes | |
| Next/previous by click, arrows, Space, Page Up/Down, Enter, Backspace | yes | yes | #17 reported arrows not working in v0.3.0 AppImage; recheck |
| Go to slide (number + Enter), first/last | yes | yes | |
| Black / white screen (B / W) | yes | yes | |
| End screen, Esc to leave | yes | yes | |
| Step clock: a click after a long pause plays its step (#11) | yes | yes | |
| Hidden slides skipped | yes | yes | |
| Hyperlinks and action settings followed (slides, web, mail, End Show, Last Viewed) | yes | yes | Only http(s) and mailto open outside the show, by design (safe_url) |
| Media playback with controls, play across slides, full-screen video | yes | yes | WMA/WMV not decodable |
| Animated GIFs play; pause from their corner button | yes | yes (#39) | |
| See All Slides grid during the show | yes | yes: G, or All on the show bar and in presenter view; click a thumbnail, Esc closes the grid | Hidden slides are labelled; the first 48 slides are shown |
| Zoom into part of a slide during the show | yes | yes: Z, then click the slide (or the presenter slide); 2×, Esc or another click leaves it | The presenter keeps the whole slide and draws a frame on the zoomed part |
| Pen and highlighter ink | yes | pen only (Cmd+P pen, Cmd+A arrow, E erases all ink) | No highlighter, per-stroke eraser, ink colours, or keep/discard annotations prompt |
| Laser pointer | yes | no | 1–2 h |
| Subtitles and live captions | yes (cloud speech) | no | AI dimension |
| Custom shows | yes | yes | |
| Set Up Show: loop until Esc, kiosk (browsed at a kiosk), show without animation/narration, pen colour, slides range | yes | yes, most options | |
| Use rehearsed timings | yes | yes |
Presenter view
| Feature | PowerPoint | DeckCraft | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separate presenter window with current slide, next slide, notes | yes | yes (an egui viewport, 1100×700) | |
| Elapsed timer | yes | yes | |
| Pause / reset timer, clock | yes | no | |
| Slide counter, previous/next/end buttons | yes | yes | |
| Notes font size, scrolling | yes | scrolling only | |
| Placed on the presenter's display automatically, show on the projector | yes | no: opens wherever the OS puts it | Beta blocker, 3–5 h |
| Swap displays | yes | no | |
| Pen, laser, black screen, zoom from presenter view | yes | Black, White and Zoom buttons; the audience zoom is framed on the presenter slide | Pen and the laser pointer are still keys only; there is no laser yet |
| See all slides from presenter view | yes | yes: All slides opens the grid on the show | |
| Rehearse with Coach (Speaker Coach) | yes (cloud) | no | AI dimension |
Rehearse and record
| Feature | PowerPoint | DeckCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Rehearse Timings, keep timings | yes | yes |
| Record Slide Show (narration, ink, laser, camera; Cameo) | yes | no |
| Clear timing / narration | yes | timings only |
| Export the recorded show to video | yes | no (see file-format-parity.md) |
Reading View
Reading View in a window with navigation: present (checklist row done).
Estimates
| Work | Hours |
|---|---|
| Presenter view on the right display, swap displays, pause/reset timer, clock, notes size | 3–5 |
| Laser pointer, highlighter, eraser, keep-annotations prompt | 2–4 |
| Record slide show with narration (no camera) | 5–8 |
| Total | ~10–17 (the slide-show row of the feature table carries 10–16 h; recording overlaps the Media row) |
Revision history
| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | minor | See All Slides (G) and click-to-zoom (Z) during the show. Presenter view opens that grid and sets black, white and zoom. Checklist breadth stays 66% |
| 2026-10-10 | major | Created: show, presenter view, rehearse and record, compared with PowerPoint 16.113's Slide Show tab and menu |