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Jonas Lindeløv
Asked: 2012-12-14 05:36:32 +0800 CST

Libreoffice Presenter Console in single window

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I want to see what Presenter Console looks like while I design my slide-notes in Libreoffice Impress for my talks. I'm working on a single-monitor system but Presenter Console can only be enabled (Slide Show → Settings) when a second monitor is present.

Is there a way to show (only) Presenter Console on a single monitor?

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2 Answers

  1. I've been looking for a way to do the same thing.

    While still quite clumsy, this is the simplest method I have found so far:

    You will need to install Xephyr (which lets you start an X server in a window) and a light window manager like xfwm4:

    sudo apt-get install Xephyr xfwm4

    Then start up Xephyr with two screens:

    Xephyr +xinerama -screen 800x600 -origin 800x0 -screen 800x600 :1 &

    Then start a window manager on the new server:

    DISPLAY=:1 xfwm4 &

    Then start impress:

    DISPLAY=:1 libreoffice --impress &

    I wish it weren't this complicated. Having an option in Impress to view the console on a single monitor setup would be very useful when practicing presentations.

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  2. I found a macro on the Libreoffice community site that lets one manually toggle presenter mode without a second screen.

    Add show presenter view in Impress | Ask LibreOffice

    Not the cleanest solution, but seems nicer than launching a second x-server.

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