Virtual Display
The Cliqer desktop app can create a virtual secondary monitor — a display your operating system treats exactly like a physically connected screen. Presentation software can run its slideshow on it, and Cliqer can screen share it to your remote presenters and viewers like any other monitor.
Why you'd want one
- Presenter View on a single-screen machine — PowerPoint and Keynote only enable Presenter View (notes, next-slide preview) when a second display is present. The virtual display is that second display: the slideshow runs on it, your notes stay on your real screen.
- A clean feed to share — share the virtual display and your audience sees only the slideshow, never your desktop, notifications, or presenter notes.
- No dongles, no dummy plugs — replaces HDMI dummy-plug adapters used for the same trick in streaming setups.
Creating and removing it
- Open the Cliqer desktop app (this is a desktop-app feature — it's not available when hosting from a browser).
- Click the monitor icon in the top bar, next to the Callers icon.
- A new display appears in your OS display settings, and in Cliqer's screen-share monitor picker.
- Click the icon again to remove it. Quitting Cliqer also removes it automatically — it can never get stuck on your system.
Platform notes
The display appears instantly — no driver installation. It defaults to 1920×1080 at 60 Hz. You can arrange it relative to your real displays in System Settings → Displays, exactly like a plugged-in monitor. Make sure it is set to extend (not mirror) so the slideshow has its own screen.
The first time you toggle the virtual display, Cliqer installs its bundled, signed display driver — this takes a few seconds and only happens once. After that, toggling is instant. Pick the resolution in Settings → System → Display like any monitor (1920×1080 recommended for sharing). Available on x64 and ARM64.
Using it with PowerPoint
- Create the virtual display with the monitor icon.
- In PowerPoint: Slide Show → Set Up Slide Show → Multiple monitors, choose the virtual display (or just start the slideshow — PowerPoint usually picks the non-primary screen automatically).
- Start your slideshow — it plays on the virtual display, Presenter View opens on your real screen.
- In Cliqer, share the virtual display from the monitor picker.
The same approach works for Keynote (Play → In Window / on second display) and any software that can fullscreen onto a chosen monitor.
Troubleshooting
The slideshow opened on my real screen
Set the slideshow monitor explicitly (PowerPoint: Set Up Slide Show → Multiple monitors). Check the virtual display is in extend mode, not mirroring your main display.
The display didn't appear (Windows)
The one-time driver installation may have been blocked by policy on managed machines — ask IT to allow the signed Virtual Display Driver, then toggle again.
I can't see what's on the virtual display
That's by design — it has no physical glass. Use PowerPoint's Presenter View on your real screen, or Cliqer's own share preview, to monitor what's playing there.
See also: Screen Sharing · PowerPoint · Keynote