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PowerPoint 7.0
To access the Pointer Options command, run the presentation and click
the right mouse button.
To use the insertion point as a pointer, click Arrow.
To use the insertion point as a pen, click Pen.
To change the color of the pen, click Pointer Options, and click Pen
Color.
To erase pen marks, click Screen, and click Erase Pen.
PowerPoint 3.x, 4.x
To turn the pointer on or off in all versions during a slide show,
press A or the equal sign (=) on the keyboard. These keys toggle
the cursor on or off.
To draw or write on a slide in PowerPoint 3.0, turn on the pointer,
hold down the mouse button until the pointer becomes a dot, then
begin drawing.
To draw or write on a slide in PowerPoint 4.0, click the Freehand
Annotation icon (the pencil) in the lower-right corner of the screen,
then hold down the mouse button and draw.
The Annotation tool can be turned off permanently by editing the
Powerpnt.ini file. Under the Microsoft PowerPoint section, change the
line that reads "SlideShowToolBar=1" to "SlideShowToolBar=0" (zero).
Save the changes and restart Windows to make the changes take effect.
If you are using ONLY PowerPoint Viewer (Pptview.exe or pptvw16.exe)
the annotation continues to appear on a computer if PowerPoint is not
installed on that computer. In order to turn off the annotation
permanently, you must edit the Powerpnt.ini file as described earlier
in this article. In order to have the annotation turned off, you must
copy the Powerpnt.ini file to the Windows directory on the computer on
which you run PowerPoint viewer.
Drawing Tool Color in PowerPoint 3.x, 4.x
PowerPoint 3.0 and 4.0 enable you to draw on the screen during an
on-screen presentation. The line color of the drawings cannot be
changed.
The line color is determined by the background color of your slide.
For lighter backgrounds, the line color is green. For darker
backgrounds, the line color is yellow.
Manual Information
For more information about using the drawing feature during your
on-screen presentations (also called the on-screen-annotator), see
your PowerPoint manual:
- "Microsoft PowerPoint User's Guide," version 4.0 (for Windows or
Macintosh), page 168
- "Microsoft PowerPoint Handbook," version 3.0 (for Windows or
Macintosh), page 484
- "Microsoft PowerPoint User's Guide," version 2.0, page 334
(for Windows), page 299 (for Macintosh)