How To Use Presenter Coach in Microsoft PowerPoint? 2/25/2025
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How To Use Presenter Coach in Microsoft PowerPoint
Presenter Coach helps you prepare in private for more effective presentations and evaluates your pacing, pitch, use of filler words, informal speech, euphemisms, and culturally sensitive terms. It detects when you're overly wordy or simply reading the text on a slide. After each rehearsal, you get a report that includes statistics and suggestions for improvements.
Presentation Coach
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Open your presentation in PowerPoint for the web.
2. In the Slide Show tab, in the Rehearse group, select Rehearse with Coach. The presentation opens in a full-screen view, similar to Slide Show.
3. Select Start Rehearsing in the dialog box when ready to begin rehearsing. To receive on-screen guidance, check that Show real-time feedback is selected.
4. Wait to start speaking until you see Listening... appear in the dialog box.
5. As you speak, Coach gives on-screen guidance about pacing, inclusive language, use of profanity, filler words, and whether you're reading the slide text.
6. When you're through, exit the full-screen view. Coach opens a rehearsal report that summarizes what was observed and offers recommendations. To see the recommendations, select Learn More in the section of the Rehearsal Report that you want more information about.
7. After you review your Rehearsal Report, close the window or select Rehearse Again to practice the recommendations you've received.
Follow the link below for a video on how to rehearse your presentation with Presentation Coach:
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