How to black out or whiten the PowerPoint presentation screen

When presenting, have you ever stopped the presentation to talk to your audience? Do you see them distracted by what's on the screen? If you encounter this situation, read the following article to black out (or whiten) the presentation screen with a simple shortcut.

Sometimes you want your audience to focus on what you say, watch realistic illustrations or take a break between long presentations, which is more useful when displaying a black or white screen instead of a presentation slide to avoid the audience. distraction. PowerPoint lets you do this with built-in options or use simple shortcuts.

How to black out or whiten the PowerPoint presentation screen

You can do this easily by right-clicking anywhere on the open presentation, pointing to the Screen menu and selecting Black Screen or White Screen .

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To display the slide again, right-click anywhere on the presentation, point to the Screen menu and select Unblack Screen or Unwhite Screen .

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Of course, there is a faster way to do this is to use keyboard shortcuts. Press B or dot to make black screen and press again to return to normal screen. Press W or comma to whiten the screen and press again to return to normal. If you want to know more about keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint, refer to the article Useful keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint.

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