The Ink Annotation feature is available in a slide show in PowerPoint 2003 (827739)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you are in a slide show in PowerPoint 2003, the Ink Annotation feature is available regardless of whether you are running the Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC edition operating system or not.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs in PowerPoint 2003 because the Slide Show Annotation feature from earlier versions of Microsoft PowerPoint has been replaced by the Ink Annotation feature in Microsoft Office 2003.

MORE INFORMATION

The Ink Annotation, the Ink Drawing, and the Writing and Ink Comments features are only available in editing modes in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and MicrosoftWordMail when you are using a Tablet PC. To make all the inking features available in PowerPoint 2003, you must run Office 2003 on a true Tablet PC with the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/12/2006
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