---
title: "Play a Presentation"
slug: "play-a-presentation"
description: "Learn how Planners launch a Presentation in Play Mode, navigate Slides (autoplay or manual), display Slide Notes, and control playback via the Top Menu."
tags: ["Presentation", "Play Mode", "Planner", "Power User"]
updated: 2026-03-13T10:20:06Z
published: 2026-03-31T09:00:24Z
canonical: "help.board.com/play-a-presentation"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Play a Presentation

This topic describes how to play a Presentation and the available navigation controls.

To play a Presentation, click on a Presentation tile in the Presentations homepage to automatically open the Presentation in Play Mode.

![contents/assets/images/presentation in play.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-7gowxmjk.png)

## Presentations with autoplay enabled

If autoplay is enabled for the Presentation, the slideshow starts automatically.

Play it using the play icon ![contents/assets/images/play.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-8eqrv117.png) and pause it using the stop icon ![contents/assets/images/stop-16.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-vt2pbhbx.png) in the [Top menu](/v15/docs/the-workspace#2-top-menu-toolbar). If a Slide has a note attached, it automatically appears as an overlay text at the top: users can also click on the balloon icon ![contents/assets/images/assets/images/balloon.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-34cpbz4q.png) to show/hide the attached notes.

![contents/assets/images/pres.autoplay.comment.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-viyg3qaz.png)

Stopping the slideshow enables Slide navigation via the previous and next arrows on the sides of each page.

When a Presentation is running, you can always access the additional options in the Top menu, as described in the [Edit and Play Mode page](/v1/docs/edit-and-play-mode).

## Presentations with autoplay disabled

If autoplay is disabled for the Presentation, the play icon ![](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/image.png) is disabled. To navigate slides, click on the previous/next arrows on the sides of each page or by dragging the slider's thumb right or left.

![contents/assets/images/pres.no.autoplay.comment.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-hn8oqbbj.png)

If a Slide has a note attached, it automatically appears as an overlay text at the top.

Click on the balloon icon ![contents/assets/images/assets/images/balloon.png](https://cdn.document360.io/8d6f1ae8-0cac-4d0d-a208-6245b83df94a/Images/Documentation/playing-a-presentation-image-yctx83k7.png) to show/hide the attached notes.