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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians |  Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode Hi, Problem: Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am using a touch screen to record input from research subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and confuses the subjects. Thanks for your help! Unni |
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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians | Re: Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode If you have keyboard access, Ctrl H will hide the mouse pointer. -- Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes Free Templates: http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live http://www.powerpointlive.com "unni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:075401c47432$941be760$3501280a@phx.gbl... > Hi, > > Problem: > Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation > > My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the > navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would > like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am > using a touch screen to record input from research > subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and > confuses the subjects. > > Thanks for your help! > > Unni > > > |
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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians | Re: Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode If you have keyboard access, Ctrl H will hide the mouse pointer. -- Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes Free Templates: http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live http://www.powerpointlive.com "unni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:075401c47432$941be760$3501280a@phx.gbl... > Hi, > > Problem: > Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation > > My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the > navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would > like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am > using a touch screen to record input from research > subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and > confuses the subjects. > > Thanks for your help! > > Unni > > > |
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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians | Re: Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode If you have keyboard access, Ctrl H will hide the mouse pointer. -- Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP PowerPoint Notes: http://www.indezine.com/notes Free Templates: http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/t...templates.html Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live http://www.powerpointlive.com "unni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:075401c47432$941be760$3501280a@phx.gbl... > Hi, > > Problem: > Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation > > My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the > navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would > like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am > using a touch screen to record input from research > subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and > confuses the subjects. > > Thanks for your help! > > Unni > > > |
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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians | Re: Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode > Problem: > Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation Makes sense. I don't know that you can hide the pointer but Windows lets you choose different cursors for its various pointers. (Control Panel, Mouse, Pointers tab) If you have a copy of VB (or probably one of the other MS programming languages) it includes IMAGEDIT.EXE, a little editor that lets you create/edit icons and ... bingo! ... cursor files. Open an existing cursor file (from C:\Windows\Cursors) and delete all but a tiny dot or everything, save it as a new CUR file and select that as your cursor. In case you don't have a cursor editor, I've put a couple up here: http://www.rdpslides.com/nothing.cur http://www.rdpslides.com/dot.cur One is a one-pixel dot, the other is nothing. You'll probably need to rightclick the link and choose "Save target as" to suck those big badboys (OVER 700 bytes EACH!!!!) down the wire atcha. > My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the > navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would > like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am > using a touch screen to record input from research > subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and > confuses the subjects. > > Thanks for your help! > > Unni > -- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004 October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com ================================================ |
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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians | Re: Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode > Problem: > Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation Makes sense. I don't know that you can hide the pointer but Windows lets you choose different cursors for its various pointers. (Control Panel, Mouse, Pointers tab) If you have a copy of VB (or probably one of the other MS programming languages) it includes IMAGEDIT.EXE, a little editor that lets you create/edit icons and ... bingo! ... cursor files. Open an existing cursor file (from C:\Windows\Cursors) and delete all but a tiny dot or everything, save it as a new CUR file and select that as your cursor. In case you don't have a cursor editor, I've put a couple up here: http://www.rdpslides.com/nothing.cur http://www.rdpslides.com/dot.cur One is a one-pixel dot, the other is nothing. You'll probably need to rightclick the link and choose "Save target as" to suck those big badboys (OVER 700 bytes EACH!!!!) down the wire atcha. > My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the > navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would > like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am > using a touch screen to record input from research > subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and > confuses the subjects. > > Thanks for your help! > > Unni > -- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004 October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com ================================================ |
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07-28-2004, 01:25
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| Civilians | Re: Hide mouse pointer in Kiosk mode > Problem: > Need to hide mouse pointer at all the time in presentation Makes sense. I don't know that you can hide the pointer but Windows lets you choose different cursors for its various pointers. (Control Panel, Mouse, Pointers tab) If you have a copy of VB (or probably one of the other MS programming languages) it includes IMAGEDIT.EXE, a little editor that lets you create/edit icons and ... bingo! ... cursor files. Open an existing cursor file (from C:\Windows\Cursors) and delete all but a tiny dot or everything, save it as a new CUR file and select that as your cursor. In case you don't have a cursor editor, I've put a couple up here: http://www.rdpslides.com/nothing.cur http://www.rdpslides.com/dot.cur One is a one-pixel dot, the other is nothing. You'll probably need to rightclick the link and choose "Save target as" to suck those big badboys (OVER 700 bytes EACH!!!!) down the wire atcha. > My slide show is in Kiosk mode so I can control the > navigation using command buttons (and VBA code). I would > like to hide the mouse pointer at all times because I am > using a touch screen to record input from research > subjects. The mouse pointer is just "in the way" and > confuses the subjects. > > Thanks for your help! > > Unni > -- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004 October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com ================================================ |
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