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Play a slide show

On the Slide Show tab, in the Start Slide Show group, select From Beginning:

Start a slide show from the beginning.

Move through the slide show

To move to

Press this key

The next slide

N

The previous slide

P

Use Presenter view to run your slide show

Using Presenter view is a great way to view your presentation with speaker notes on one computer (your laptop, for example), while only the slides themselves appear on the screen that your audience sees (like a larger screen you're projecting to). For complete details, see Start the presentation and see your notes in Presenter view.

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