If you are having trouble using the Shared Slides Clicker, check below for solutions to common problems.
Meet overlay controls are not advancing slides despite being connected
- Click the Shared Slides Clicker icon, then click the Settings button
- Click Sign Out and then click Sign In.
- Then reload your Meet window and try again.
Meet overlay says "Waiting for presentation"
- Check if the presenter has started the presentation. If not, wait for them to start.
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Ask the presenter to click the Shared Slides Clicker icon in their Chrome extensions bar and then
click the "Share this presentation" button (if present).
- Ask the presenter to refresh their Google Slides browser tab and
re-present.
- Ask the presenter to close their browser re-open it.
Keyboard shortcuts are not working
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When entering the URL of the Google Presentation to control, make sure to click the toggle next to
"Keyboard Shortcuts"
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Keyboard shortcuts are temporarily disabled when the sidebar in Meet is open to prevent conflicts.
Close the sidebar and see if keyboard shortcuts work again.
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