How to present a slideshow in Zoho Show

Play and Advance Slides Automatically


When you're done creating a presentation, use the Slide Show View to preview or present it in full screen mode. All your slide elements and objects (such as pictures, shapes, and videos) will be displayed along with any eye-catching transition and animation effects you've added. You can also choose a standard slideshow presentation, or take advantage of a variety of specialized presentation modes: 

1. Presenter View to privately view navigation and slide notes without displaying them to the audience
2. Custom Show to select particular slides and play them in a custom order
3. Broadcast Online to deliver your presentation to a remote audience. 


Play a slideshow

1.  Click   dropdown on the top bar and decide where you want to start the slideshow from:
  • To start on the first slide, select From Beginning
  • To start from where you are, click the Play button. 

    From Beginning.
           
2. Choose whether to run your slides manually or automatically.
  • To run slides manually, click your mouse.
  • To run slides automatically, disable On Click option and set a specific advance time duration (follow step 02 here) for each slide within the After text box under the Transition pane.     

    Advance slides
                  
3. Once you start the slideshow, you'll see the following options:  
  • Navigation arrows - Move back (left) and forward (right) between your slides.
  • Exit button - Close the presentation anytime during the slideshow.
  • Advanced delivery tools - Highlight and point to details on a slide using various presentation delivery tools.  

    Presentation delivery tools      
                          
4. Once done presenting, click Exit at the bottom-left corner of the screen, or press the Esc key on your keyboard.


Advanced presentation delivery tools

Make your presentation delivery extra-catchy and interesting with the delivery tools in the Slideshow View. These tools will help you make your presentation more understandable, efficient, and engaging. Turn your cursor into a pen or laser pointer, draw on slides, zoom in and out, jump to any slide at any time during the slideshow, and much more.

Zoom 

Get a closer look at the slide content to help concentrate on a particular detail on the slide. Or, zoom out to see the slide at a reduced size. 

To use the zoom tool,
  1. Click the Zoom tool  and click on the part of the slide where you want to zoom in. 

    Zoom


Highlighter

Change your mouse arrow into a pointer to emphasize a point or show connections. Like a highlighter pen, it does not cover the slide content. There are two types of highlighter tools: Arrow and Laser Pointer.

To access the arrow,
  1. Click the Arrow button   to turn the cursor as an arrow on the slide.

To access the laser pointer,
  1. Select the Pointer option to turn the cursor as a small colored dot on the slide.

    Highlighter

  2. Click and drag to point to the slide contents that you want to draw attention to.

Drawing tool

Use your slide screen like a whiteboard and doodle, write, draw circles, underline, or make other marks on the slides. The Marker tool lets you mark or draw like a painter brush to create broad line. 

To access the marker tool, 
  1. Select either Pen or Marker and choose a ink color from the options.

    marker tool

  2. Click and drag the mouse to write or draw. To hide the marks you made on the slide, click Hide Ink Markup.

Eraser

Remove or erase some or all of what you’ve written or drawn on the slide. The Eraser removes specific pen or highlighter markings. Erase All Ink on Slide removes all pen and highlighter markings on the slide.

To access the eraser tool,
  1. Click Eraser and drag the eraser over what you want to remove.
  2. Click Erase All Markup to immediately remove all ink markings.

    Eraser
          
To move forward or backward through your presentation, 
  1. Click the Right Arrow    or Left Arrow  or press the arrow keys on the keyboard.


Go To Slide   

  1. Switch or jump directly to any slide in your presentation. Click Go To Slide  to see the list of slides in your presentation and choose the slide you want. 

Hide/show a slide

You can decide to hide or show a slide during the slideshow. This is particularly useful when you want to quickly present the major slides to the audience and skip extra details to save time. The hidden slide remains in the presentation even though it is hidden during the slide show. 

There are two methods to hide or show a slide:
  • Navigate to Slides pane on the left, then right-click on the slide you want to hide or show and choose Hide/Show Slide from the menu.
    or
  • Click the Format mode on the right pane, choose Slide tab, and enable the Hide Slide button at the bottom of the pane.

          
The selected slide will be masked in the Slides pane and will be hidden from your audience during the slideshow.

    Access your files securely from anywhere

      Zoho CRM Training Programs

      Learn how to use the best tools for sales force automation and better customer engagement from Zoho's implementation specialists.

      Zoho CRM Training
        Redefine the way you work
        with Zoho Workplace

          Zoho DataPrep Personalized Demo

          If you'd like a personalized walk-through of our data preparation tool, please request a demo and we'll be happy to show you how to get the best out of Zoho DataPrep.

          Zoho CRM Training

            Create, share, and deliver

            beautiful slides from anywhere.

            Get Started Now


              Zoho Sign now offers specialized one-on-one training for both administrators and developers.

              BOOK A SESSION





                          Quick Links Workflow Automation Data Collection
                          Web Forms Enterprise Begin Data Collection
                          Interactive Forms Workplace Data Collection App
                          CRM Forms Customer Service Accessible Forms
                          Digital Forms Marketing Forms for Small Business
                          HTML Forms Education Forms for Enterprise
                          Contact Forms E-commerce Forms for any business
                          Lead Generation Forms Healthcare Forms for Startups
                          Wordpress Forms Customer onboarding Order Forms for Small Business
                          No Code Forms Construction RSVP tool for holidays
                          Free Forms Travel
                          Prefill Forms Non-Profit

                          Intake Forms Legal
                          Mobile App
                          Form Designer HR
                          Mobile Forms
                          Card Forms Food Offline Forms
                          Assign Forms Photography
                          Mobile Forms Features
                          Translate Forms Real Estate Kiosk in Mobile Forms
                          Electronic Forms

                          Notification Emails for Forms Alternatives Security & Compliance
                          Holiday Forms Google Forms alternative  GDPR
                          Form to PDF Jotform alternative HIPAA Forms
                          Email Forms
                          Encrypted Forms
                          Embeddable Forms
                          Secure Forms
                          Drag and Drop form builder
                          WCAG


                                            You are currently viewing the help pages of Qntrl’s earlier version. Click here to view our latest version—Qntrl 3.0's help articles.




                                                Manage your brands on social media

                                                  Zoho Desk Resources

                                                  • Desk Community Learning Series


                                                  • Digest


                                                  • Functions


                                                  • Meetups


                                                  • Kbase


                                                  • Resources


                                                  • Glossary


                                                  • Desk Marketplace


                                                  • MVP Corner


                                                  • Word of the Day


                                                    Zoho Marketing Automation

                                                      Zoho Sheet Resources

                                                       

                                                          Zoho Forms Resources


                                                            Secure your business
                                                            communication with Zoho Mail


                                                            Mail on the move with
                                                            Zoho Mail mobile application

                                                              Stay on top of your schedule
                                                              at all times


                                                              Carry your calendar with you
                                                              Anytime, anywhere




                                                                    Zoho Sign Resources

                                                                      Sign, Paperless!

                                                                      Sign and send business documents on the go!

                                                                      Get Started Now




                                                                              Zoho TeamInbox Resources



                                                                                      Zoho DataPrep Resources



                                                                                        Zoho DataPrep Demo

                                                                                        Get a personalized demo or POC

                                                                                        REGISTER NOW


                                                                                          Design. Discuss. Deliver.

                                                                                          Create visually engaging stories with Zoho Show.

                                                                                          Get Started Now









                                                                                                              • Related Articles

                                                                                                              • Play a Presentation on Your Apple TV

                                                                                                                Run your presentations quickly in a conference room without the need to connect to a projector or any HDMI port. Your wall mounted Apple TVs, lets you present slides in the full-screen Slideshow View on your big screen. Also, you can run them either ...
                                                                                                              • Customize your Slideshow Settings

                                                                                                                The Show app for Android TV allows you to customize your slideshow settings. You can play your slideshow in a loop and also autoplay the next slide where you can set the time interval between slides. Loop Slideshow If you're presenting on your ...
                                                                                                              • Play a Presentation on your Android TV

                                                                                                                The Zoho Show app for your Android TV turns your TV screen into a presentation screen. Just hit the Play button on your TV remote to showcase your business strategy or demonstrate a product idea and skip forward or backward anytime during the ...
                                                                                                              • Customize Your Slideshow Settings

                                                                                                                Organize and manage your Zoho Show account using the Settings at the top of screen. It contains your user account details, slideshow options such as auto-play, the Zoho Show privacy policy, and log out options.   1. View user account details  You'll ...
                                                                                                              • Play a Presentation on Your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV

                                                                                                                Play slides on your iPhone, iPad, or any iOS device or connect it to an Apple TV and control slides using your phone-remote. You can even mirror your slides on the Apple TV with Airplay and sync it with your Apple Watch and present them in the way ...
                                                                                                                Wherever you are is as good as
                                                                                                                your workplace

                                                                                                                  Resources

                                                                                                                  Videos

                                                                                                                  Watch comprehensive videos on features and other important topics that will help you master Zoho CRM.



                                                                                                                  eBooks

                                                                                                                  Download free eBooks and access a range of topics to get deeper insight on successfully using Zoho CRM.



                                                                                                                  Webinars

                                                                                                                  Sign up for our webinars and learn the Zoho CRM basics, from customization to sales force automation and more.



                                                                                                                  CRM Tips

                                                                                                                  Make the most of Zoho CRM with these useful tips.



                                                                                                                    Zoho Show Resources