Using the computer in a second display while a presentation is going

I am not sure how to phrase this in a forum search. I have two displays. I'd like to view a presentation on one display while being able to work on other things in the other. But when I play the presentation, one monitor goes black while the other one presents the show. Is there a way to be able to use the monitor that goes blank to do other stuff?
I'm using keynote to display a referencing program I made in Keynote when I check drafting, but I'd like to be able to do additional research in the other display without disturbing the keynote presentation.
Any suggestions would be a lot of help.
Thanks!

I have not found any solution. Keynote naturally assumes the secondary display is for presentation notes for the presentor. As it is, Keynote is pretty useful, but just think what it could be with just a few more features like this! I bet that eventually this feature makes it into the application. Give Apple another 15 years and I'm sure we'll see it.

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