Annotating a Slide Show

When you are presenting your slide show, you can turn your mouse pointer into a light pen to highlight and circle your key points. If you decide to use a light pen, you might want to set its colors to match the colors in your presentation. Marks you make in a slide with the light pen during a slide show are not permanent. If you don't need to display the pointer, you can change pointer options to automatically hide the mouse until you move the mouse or permanently display or hide it.

Change Pointer Options

In Slide Show view, move the mouse to display slide show buttons .

Click the Pen button, point to Arrow Options, and then click a pointer option.

• Automatic hides the pointer until you move the mouse.

• Visible makes the pointer visible.

• Hidden makes the pointer invisible throughout the presentation.

Use a Pen During the Slide Show

In Slide Show view, move the mouse to display slide show buttons.

Click the Pen button, and then click or point to an option.

• A writing tool (Ballpoint Pen, Felt Tip Pen, or Highlighter).

• Ink Color to select an ink color .

Drag the mouse pointer to draw on your slide presentation with the pen or highlighter.

Click the Pen button, and then click Eraser to remove individual ink or Erase All Ink On Slide.