How to prepare PowerPoint on Mac for live-AV

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PowerPoint on should work well on Macs. But to make sure that the presentation displays as intended, there are some steps you should take first. This article tells you what you need to know.

Control presentations with APS, Companion and Stream Deck

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Learn how you can control and monitor PowerPoint, Keynote and PDF-presentations using APS, Companion and Stream Deck. This gives a button-based control system, allowing you to manage presentations as effortlessly as you would lights and sound systems.

Explaining APS: The software presentation-switcher

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Learn more about how APS can simplify your workflow when displaying presentations on events. To put it short, it´s the missing tool that Microsoft never made for PowerPoint. And you get some essential features from hardware-switchers in a software-package.

Control APS with external keypads

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Learn how to control APS with Xcode panels and Stream Deck. x-keys emulates keyboard-strokes. Stream Deck with Companion has more options.