Highlighter <CTRL+K>

During the slide show, change the mouse pointer to a highlighter to write semi-transparent text or draw shapes on the slide.

Steps

To use highlighter on slide show screen

  1. Run Slide Show > Start Slide Show or press <F5> to start the slide show.
  2. Right-click on the slide show screen and select Pen Settings > Highlighter from the context menu.
  3. A selection mark () in front of the Highlighter menu appears, and the mouse pointer changes to pen shape ().
  4. Move the mouse to write semi-transparent text or draw shapes over the objects to emphasize on the slide.

Notes

Saving ink annotations

During the slide show, you can save drawing objects that you applied with a pen, felt tip, highlighter or felt tip highlighter to show them on the slide editing screen.

At the end of the show, "Do you want to save Ink Annotations?" message is displayed. Select whether to save it.

Saving ink annotations and erasing pen

Eraser is a function that can erase the object drawn with the pen related menu during the current slide show. However, if you save the ink annotations at the end of the show, the pen-drawn object that appears when you run the slide show again can not be erased even with the Eraser. If you saved the ink annotations, you can show or hide the pen-drawn object using the Screen > Show/Hide Ink menu.

Pen color

Highlighter color is set to yellow by default, and you can change it to a different color with Pen Color from the context menu.

Pen width

Pen, felt tip, felt tip highlighter, and highlighter supports writing text or drawing shapes. The highlighter is most thick and opaque among the supported pens on the slide, making it convenient to use when proceed the presentation while emphasizing the important contents of the slide.

Reverting highlighter shape

To change the mouse pointer back to a default arrow shape, press <ESC> or select Pointer Settings > Arrow from the context menu.

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