Disappearing slide show mouse pointer

Problem:
Need to see mouse pointer at all the time in presentation

PowerPoint 2003 automatically hides mouse pointer.

Found no setting except pen setting in slide show for
arrow. This works fine until you hyperlink into another
presentation, it then sets it back to auto hide.

Solution: Haven't the foggest...


Thanks, Mike

If your slide show is in Kiosk mode, the mouse pointer will always be
visible. Go to the Slide Show menu and choose "Set up Show." Click on
the button for "browsed at a kiosk." The drawback of this is that all
your navigation must be automatic or done through clicking on buttons
and/or hyperlinks. This is includes going from slide to slide and
running animations.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

"Mike" <wallace@eglin.af.mil> wrote in news:2e25101c46a82$4afb1c40
$a301280a@phx.gbl:

>
> Problem:
> Need to see mouse pointer at all the time in presentation
>
> PowerPoint 2003 automatically hides mouse pointer.
>
> Found no setting except pen setting in slide show for
> arrow. This works fine until you hyperlink into another
> presentation, it then sets it back to auto hide.
>
> Solution: Haven't the foggest...
>
>
> Thanks, Mike
>

Mike,
If your presentation is set up as a Kiosk (Slide Show--> Set up Show, click
the kiosk button), you will always see the mouse pointer. However, if you
set the show up as a Kiosk, you will need to make sure that there are
navigation buttons on each slide to allow you to move through the
presentation.

Try it and let us know if that gets you any closer to your goal.

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"Mike" <wallace@eglin.af.mil> wrote in message
news:2e25101c46a82$4afb1c40$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>
> Problem:
> Need to see mouse pointer at all the time in presentation
>
> PowerPoint 2003 automatically hides mouse pointer.
>
> Found no setting except pen setting in slide show for
> arrow. This works fine until you hyperlink into another
> presentation, it then sets it back to auto hide.
>
> Solution: Haven't the foggest...
>
>
> Thanks, Mike

Yea I know. I tried that but Kiosk mode is not
compatiable with some hyperlinked slide. My package that
is already complete consists of 9GB and of over 800 files.

Mike


>-----Original Message-----
>If your slide show is in Kiosk mode, the mouse pointer
will always be
>visible. Go to the Slide Show menu and choose "Set up
Show." Click on
>the button for "browsed at a kiosk." The drawback of
this is that all
>your navigation must be automatic or done through
clicking on buttons
>and/or hyperlinks. This is includes going from slide to
slide and
>running animations.
>--David
>
>--
>David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
>Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
>Loyola College in Maryland
>Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
>http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
>
>"Mike" <wallace@eglin.af.mil> wrote in news:2e25101c46a82
$4afb1c40
>$a301280a@phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> Problem:
>> Need to see mouse pointer at all the time in
presentation
>>
>> PowerPoint 2003 automatically hides mouse pointer.
>>
>> Found no setting except pen setting in slide show for
>> arrow. This works fine until you hyperlink into
another
>> presentation, it then sets it back to auto hide.
>>
>> Solution: Haven't the foggest...
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Mike
>>
>
>.
>

Try this add on. It will keep the mouse visible without changing to Kiosk
mode.
http://officeone.mvps.org/download/showmouse.html


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"Mike" <wallace@eglin.af.mil> wrote in message
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>
> Problem:
> Need to see mouse pointer at all the time in presentation
>
> PowerPoint 2003 automatically hides mouse pointer.
>
> Found no setting except pen setting in slide show for
> arrow. This works fine until you hyperlink into another
> presentation, it then sets it back to auto hide.
>
> Solution: Haven't the foggest...
>
>
> Thanks, Mike

Bill, Thanks. It would be perfect if it did not flash.
But it is much better....

Mike


>-----Original Message-----
>Try this add on. It will keep the mouse visible without
changing to Kiosk
>mode.
>http://officeone.mvps.org/download/showmouse.html
>
>
>--
>Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
>===============
>Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
>out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
>answer most of our questions, before com
>you think to ask them.
>
>Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
>ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
>..
>..
>
>"Mike" <wallace@eglin.af.mil> wrote in message
>news:2e25101c46a82$4afb1c40$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> Problem:
>> Need to see mouse pointer at all the time in
presentation
>>
>> PowerPoint 2003 automatically hides mouse pointer.
>>
>> Found no setting except pen setting in slide show for
>> arrow. This works fine until you hyperlink into
another
>> presentation, it then sets it back to auto hide.
>>
>> Solution: Haven't the foggest...
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Mike
>
>
>.
>