How to connect a laptop to a projector while being really really ridiculously goodlooking

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This presentation is also a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCioDxAB5Gk

I've witnessed this scene hundreds of times: the presentation is about to start. All you need to is to connect the laptop to the projector and... we watch the presenter struggling with his technology for countless minutes.

It doesn't have to be that way.

Are you ready to learn all there is to know about connecting any laptop to a projector?

What if you were always super confident when stepping on stage, getting your technology in order and delivering your presentation.

In this presentation you will learn how to connect your mac, your windows laptop with special instructions from your lenovo, dell, acer, samsung and hp computer.

Plus you will know how all the display modes work, how to quickly have your slideshow full-screen, plus little known shortcuts to navigate through your slides and display the super useful presenter screen.

This tips will work with Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Adobe Acrobat, Apple Preview and many more presentation suites.

This is not only a presentation: everything you see on screen you can also keep in the form a short cheat sheet. Download it here:

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Transcript

1. ... WHILE BEING REALLY REALLY RIDICULOUSLY GOOD LOOKING HOW TO CONNECT A LAPTOP TO A PROJECTOR
2. preshero.co @matteoc My name is Matteo and I am a bit of a presentation freak.
3. preshero.co @matteoc I think that everyone should be totally confident when they connect their laptop to a projector. Even good looking...
4. preshero.co @matteoc Copyright: Paramount Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures How good looking? I think you can be as good looking as him!
5. first of all DON’T PANIC
6. You can download all the tips, tricks and shortcuts from this presentation at: preshero.co/shortcuts
7. preshero.co @matteoc Let’s start with Apple. It’s the mainstream platform when it comes to presentations.
8. preshero.co @matteoc Mirrored or Arranged? When you connect a computer to a Mac it usually works. But you need to choose between two display modes.
9. preshero.co @matteoc mirror displays Arranged is ideal for presentations
10. preshero.co @matteoc mirror displays Arranged is ideal for presentations It allows you to use the Presenter Display in Keynote.
11. preshero.co @matteoc
12. preshero.co @matteoc Quickly switch where the presenter display is shown X
13. preshero.co @matteoc Mirrored is great for demos mirror displays
14. preshero.co @matteoc Mirrored is great for demos mirror displays What you see is what your audience sees.
15. preshero.co @matteoc ⌘+F1 Shift quickly between Mirrored & Arranged
16. preshero.co @matteoc Get your slides full screen with Keynote P ⌘ cmd ⌥ alt Don’t call this “alt”, it’s the “option key”
17. preshero.co @matteoc Jony Ive Locked in a white room since 1992 Every time you call it “alt” this man spends one more day in the white room... #freejony Credit: Apple, @CraigGrannell
18. preshero.co @matteoc Start your Powerpoint show in style ↩ ⌘ cmd ⇧
19. preshero.co @matteoc Display your pdf instantly in Preview ⌘ cmd ctrl F
20. preshero.co @matteoc The “niche” platform when it comes to presenting is Windows
21. preshero.co @matteoc Way too many display modes Windows is fully customizable. So it offers you 4 different display modes
22. preshero.co @matteoc Way too many display modes DISCONNECTED DUPLICATED EXTEND PROJECTOR ONLY +P
23. preshero.co @matteoc Way too many display modes DISCONNECTED DUPLICATED EXTEND PROJECTOR ONLY +P Use this shortcut to switch between the modes
24. preshero.co @matteoc fn F4 Different brands have different shortcuts.
25. preshero.co @matteoc fn F5
26. preshero.co @matteoc fn F7
27. preshero.co @matteoc fn F8
28. preshero.co @matteoc Start your PowerPoint show with grace F5
29. preshero.co @matteoc Fullscreen your pdf in Adobe Acrobat ctrl L
30. preshero.co @matteoc Temporarily blank the display B W These two shortcuts work mostly everywhere
31. preshero.co @matteoc Don’t forget the power cord!
32. preshero.co @matteoc Did you already forget all the shortcuts?
33. preshero.co @matteoc No worries. Download them at preshero.co/shortcuts There you can also download these slides!
34. preshero.co/shortcuts @matteoc No worries. Download them at preshero.co/shortcuts You can be this goodlooking when you connect a projector
35. preshero.co @matteoc PRESENTATION HERO Discover more at preshero.co