If you plan to use Stata in a presentation, you might consider changing a few settings so that Stata is easy for your audience to view. How you set up Stata for presenting will depend on several factors like the size and layout of the room, the length of the Stata commands you will issue, the datasets you will use, the resolution of the projector, etc. Changing the settings and saving those settings as a custom preference before you present can save you time and frustration. Also having a custom layout preference allows you to restore your setup should something happen in the middle of your presentation. How you manipulate Stata’s settings is platform dependent. This article assumes you are using Windows. If you use Stata for Macintosh or Unix, the advice is the same but the manipulations are slightly different. First, make Stata’s windows fill the screen. The maximize button is in the top right-hand corner of Stata (the maximize button is in the same place for all windows in Stata). After maximizing Stata, you will also want to maximize the Results window. Once Stata is maximized, you will probably want to move the Command window. For most room layouts, you will want the Command window at the top of Stata so that your audience can see the commands you are typing. You achieve this by changing your windowing preferences to allow docking. In Stata, select Edit > Preferences > General Preferences..., and then select the Windowing tab in the dialog box that appears. Make sure that the check box for Enable ability to dock, undock, or tab windows is checked, and then click on the OK button. Next double-click on the blue title bar of the Command window and drag the window to the top docking button. Once the Command window is docked on top, it is a good idea to go back to the General Preferences dialog box and uncheck the box you changed. Doing this will ensure that your Command window stays at the top of Stata and does not accidentally undock. Depending on the projector resolution, you will probably want to change the font, font style, and font size of the Command window. To change the font settings of a window in Stata, right-click within the window and select Font.... The font you choose is up to you, but we recommend Courier New as a serif font or Lucida Console as a sans serif font. You will also want to change the font size (14 is a good starting size) and change the font style to bold. Finally, we recommend that you resize the Command window so that you can see two lines (with the font and font size changed, you might find that long Stata commands do not fit on one line).