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by albert_e 1258 days ago
I open a PowerPoint and put it in screenshow mode.

this usually keeps the laptop from going to lock screen

bonus: press B to blackout the screenshow to avoid monitor burn-in

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It does, but it doesn't stop Teams from changing my status to 'away'
Opening a YouTube live stream also works to keep my screen from sleeping.
All these people are putting out all sorts of complex solutions, I love the simplicity of this one.
On Linux, KDE has a built-in presentation mode on the power/battery indicator