Is there a way to write a macro that would change the pointer color, in presentation mode? The idea would be to assign the macro to a hotkey and switch the pointer's colors. The process of switching the pointer color, while presenting, is tedious and distracting. I am happy to do all the work, I just have no idea where to start. Is there some example code I could look at somewhere? I am using Powerpoint 2011 on Mac OS X 10.7
Many Thanks!
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Jason Watkins
8/22/2022 - Mon
Rartemass
Do you want to switch the colour of the mouse pointer or the colour of the highlight when you are drawing on the presentation?
I'm not sure if there is code for this but will investigate and test.
In the meantime you can try the following alternatives:
You can quickly change to the pen pointer to draw on the screen by pressing ctrl+p (command+p on Mac).
This should be a default of red. Press Esc to return to the mouse pointer. These options only work when the presentation is running.
This may bypass your issue.
You can also try enabling the option in your mouse settings to show its location when pressing the ctrl key. This will show a large circle that reduce in size to the tip of the pointer befre fading. This is on the pointer options tab in the mouse properties in Windows, I'm not sure if this is an option on the Mac though.
I was able to get that done, it is just the Macro that won't manipulate the pen's color. It will not even write at this point and a single mouse click just advances the slide instead of actually drawing.
I'm not sure if there is code for this but will investigate and test.
In the meantime you can try the following alternatives:
You can quickly change to the pen pointer to draw on the screen by pressing ctrl+p (command+p on Mac).
This should be a default of red. Press Esc to return to the mouse pointer. These options only work when the presentation is running.
This may bypass your issue.
You can also try enabling the option in your mouse settings to show its location when pressing the ctrl key. This will show a large circle that reduce in size to the tip of the pointer befre fading. This is on the pointer options tab in the mouse properties in Windows, I'm not sure if this is an option on the Mac though.