Clear navigation icons from PowerPoint presentation in show mode

PowerPoint Options

If you have a PowerPoint presentation running in show mode, you can clear or hide the mouse pointer, and the navigational icons in the lower left-hand corner of the presentation screen by pressing the ‘a’ key once.

If you want to permanently prevent the navigational icons from appearing in your PowerPoint presentation during show mode, open the Options menu (either ‘Tools’, ‘Options’ in PowerPoint 2003, or the ‘Office button’ then ‘PowerPoint Options’ in PowerPoint 2007), and under ‘Advanced Settings’, deselect ‘Show menu on right-mouse click’, and ‘Show popup toolbar’.

You might also want to stop that annoying black slide from appearing at the end of your presentation – deselect ‘End with black slide’ from the same menu. Your presentation will then finish with the final slide, without going to a black slide if you keep clicking.

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