PowerPoint How-To: Hide Onscreen Content in Slideshow Mode

See how you can have content on your PowerPoint slides that will print but not show onscreen during a presentation.

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In this “Three Minutes Max” video, Nolan Haims shows off a clever way to have content on your slide that disappears when in slideshow mode. Using animation, he sets the timing so that items like page numbers don’t display in a slideshow, but are there when making handouts or sorting slides.

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This article was last modified on December 13, 2021

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