PowerPoint 2013 Changes display setup

Anonymous
2014-04-17T21:25:47+00:00

Hi,

  1. Begin presentation, computer is set to duplicate/mirror displays.
  2. PowerPoint enters presenter mode, computer automatically changes to extended display.
  3. Presentation finishes, press ESC to exit.
  4. Display is left at extended and not duplicate/mirror.

I found two discussions that are similar to this but not completely:

It seems that PowerPoint is hijacking the display settings, switching it from mirror to extended. it would be great if this did not happen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Anonymous
2014-11-05T20:01:02+00:00

Hi Everyone -

We're sorry you're having with trouble with PowerPoint - let me give you a bit of context for what's happening, and I'll also give you a solution!

Why does PowerPoint change my display settings?

To enable Presenter View as easily as possible, when entering slideshow PowerPoint will automatically change your display settings (also known as your display topology) to "extend".

Great, but why doesn't it go back when I leave slideshow?

We found that on many computers it was taking several seconds for Windows to change the topology from "duplicate" to "extend". This created a lot of anxiety for people who were often at one of the most stressful points in their presentation (getting it started).

While we're working closely with Windows on reducing the time it takes for the system to do a topology change, we wanted to release a solution to our customers more quickly. Our hypothesis was that many customers weren't familiar with extending their screen (since the default option is "duplicate"), and that their primary scenario for connecting to a second display was to present from PowerPoint. This simplest change to make was to leave the topology as extended, which would ensure that the next time that person presented to a second display they wouldn't experience the topology change delay.

It's clear from the feedback both here on Answers and from other customers that this is a decision we need to revisit since many people are confused by the current behavior and have a preference when not presenting from PowerPoint to be in "duplicate" mode.

Tell me how to fix it!

If you'd like to have PowerPoint 2013 automatically go back to "duplicate" after leaving slideshow, all you need to do is add the following information to your Windows registry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\PowerPoint\Options]

"RestoreTopology"=dword:00000001

For those not familiar with editing the registry, here's an easy way:

  1. Create a new file in Notepad
  2. Copy and paste the following:
  3. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\PowerPoint\Options]

"RestoreTopology"=dword:00000001 4. Click "Save As" 5. Name the file "Update**.** reg" (the .reg part is important!) 6. Click "Save as type" and choose "All Files (*.*)" (this is also important!) 7. Click "Save" to exit the dialog 8. Close Notepad 9. Double-click the file you just created 10. Say "Yes" to the prompts (there should be two)

If you'd like to learn more about editing the registry, this article provides more useful information.

Hope this helps!

Dan Swett

Senior Program Manager, PowerPoint

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-21T09:46:38+00:00

    This is a typically worthless Microsoft reply

    What does topology mean in this context? (I am a mathematician. I know what topology actually means.)

    What is extended view? What is duplicate view? 

    If these are properties of monitors SET BY THE OPERATING SYSTEM why is PowerPoint fooling with them at all?

    Why was this done with NO DOCUMENTATION or mention in the help system?

    Indeed, why is Presenter View not mentioned in the help system?

    Why was a name chosen so close to Presentation View that was bound to cause massive confusion.

    There is an answer: arrogance and incompetence as is typical of Microsoft and particularly Office programmers

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-03T19:29:27+00:00

    Hello,

    I work for a university IT Department. One of our professors was experiencing this issue in a classroom. I figured, we're all trying to fix the issue through Windows and the Display settings, but it hit me that it might be easier to consider fixing it from PowerPoint. 

    Our system: Windows7

    Our version of Office: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013

    As nice as presenter mode can be, not reverting to Duplicate afterward can confuse and frustrate many. This fix removes the utilization of presenter mode, instead simply displaying the presentation full screen on both monitors (as PowerPoint used to do). 

    1. Open PowerPoint (with an old file or select new/blank)
    2. Select the Slideshow tab
    3. Within the third set of options (from the left), labelled Monitors, find the Use Presenter View option
    4. Uncheck theUse Presenter Viewoption box
    5. Test the fix

    Note: I did this by setting Display to Duplicate (I use Windows key + P), going into Presentation mode, then exiting it. I also verified it this way by closing PowerPoint and opening it to see if the change remained (it did). And, although this particular computer I had trouble with is set to a blank desktop, you can try verifying it across usernames by having another person log in and test the feature. 

    Let me know if this works for you. 

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-10-31T16:59:48+00:00

    Try doing this

    Go to SLIDESHOW menu after opening a presentation.

    Then, under Monitors, Select PRIMARY MONITOR instead of AUTOMATIC.

    This should do it work as u were expecting.

    Doesn't seem to work here.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-18T05:24:35+00:00

    Not sure I understand.

    Presenter view can ONLY work in extended mode so surely PowerPoint should change the setting if this is selected shouldn't it.

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