Unable to use the advanced Share function "Powerpoint as Background"

[Herringhill]

Hello. For several years I have benn using the advanced Share function "Powerpoint as Bakground" that you can find when you open "Share" and then choose the "Advanced" tab, but in the latest versions of Zoom this function is not working, it is greyed out, and there is a yellow warning sign (see the attached picture). The function is very useful if you want to start a meeting with a welcome text. When you use this function, it is very easy to use the meeting functions while sharing, because Zoom directly shares the Powerpoint-file, you don't have to open a new window to share. If Zoom has discontinued using this function, it would have been nice to be told, or that Zoom just removed the function.

Anyone who have had the same challenge and found a solution?

[Eliot]

hi @Herringhill 

when you click the yellow triangle with the exclamation point, you see "You can now share slides as background with presenter layouts":

click here to learn more takes you to:

Using Screen Sharing Presenter layouts

https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb&sysparm_article=KB0074062

will this work for your use case?

Did my response answer your question? If so, please don't forget to mark the reply as an accepted solution.

thanks,  eliot

[nicsx24]

It didn't work out, your solution was just a waste of time..

[WDWest]

This doesn't work because you're in a tiny box and can't point to things on the screen. Totally lame and unacceptable. It would be great if Zoon would restore Zoon as virtual background.

[superpub]

I have the same problem and i cant find the solution, 1 month ago everything worked correctly 

[Herringhill]

Hello and thank you for you reply. I think maybe you didn't understand my problem. I have checked the settings in my account and user setting, but I am still not able to share a Powerpoint-presentation as Virtual Background. As visible in the picture you attached, the Powerpoint Share-function is grey, meaning it is unable to choose. So is there no option for share Powerpoint-presentations directly in Zoom?

[WDWest]

Apparently Zoom removed the option to use PP as a virtual background. I had to go back to writing on a whiteboard for the classes I teach.

[kot488]

Has anyone managed to solve this problem?