How do I navigate through the digital scenery once in fullscreen mode?

If your computer and your projector are showing the same image and you're unable to navigate through the digital scenery without showing the "Operator Controls" on the projector too, your computer is configured incorrectly. It is mirroring to the projector instead of using it as an external display. (Read more here: What should my computer setup look like?)

You need to have your laptop or desktop computer monitor displaying the Operator Controls while your projector displays the Output Window with the digital scenery in fullscreen. (Read more here: Why do I need a monitor for running projections?)

To correctly configure your computer settings, follow these instructions:

For a PC:
  1. Right-click on your computer desktop
  2. Click on "Display Settings"
  3. After you've connected to, and powered on, your projector scroll down to the "Multiple Displays" menu
  4. Select the "Extend these displays" option

For a Mac:

  1. Go to your Apple Menu
  2. Click "System Settings"
  3. Click on the "Displays" icon
  4. After you've connected and powered on your projector, click on the "Arrange" button to choose whether you want your extended display to the right or left of your main display
  5. Chose your computer display, and set "Use as: Main display"
  6. Chose your projector display, and then set "Use as: Extended Display", you do not want it to be "Use as: Mirror for (computer display name)"
  7. Back out into the "System Settings" menu again
  8. Click on the "Desktop & Dock" icon
  9. Scroll down until you see "Mission Control" as a header
  10. Check "Displays have separate Spaces" *please note: if this is unchecked, it can cause your screen to go black when you drag your Output Window onto your projector and hit "Fullscreen."
  11. Restart your device

Once your settings are correctly configured, follow these instructions to display the digital scenery on your projector:

  1. Click and hold the Output Window
  2. While clicking and holding, drag the Output Window onto your extended display (typically by dragging it all the way left or all the way right of your desktop screen)
  3. When in "Preview" or "Present" mode, click the " Fullscreen" button and the Output Window will resize to fill your projection surface

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