In the Pens group, you can choose a style, or use the Color drop-down list to choose any color you want. (The Format Ink dialog box looks just like the Format AutoShape dialog box, but many of the options are unavailable.) In PowerPoint 2003, you can right-click and choose Format Ink. When you return to Normal view and select your saved ink annotations, the Ink Tools Pens tab appears in PowerPoint 20. You can change the color of the ink! You can edit the ink shapes!
Note: You don’t have the Pointer Options menu item if you’re not using Slide Show view full screen, that is, if you chose the Browsed by an Individual option in the Set Up (Slide) Show dialog box. (I wonder why that option was removed in 2010.) Here you see the Highlighter option selected. PowerPoint 20 have an extra option, Felt Tip. Here you see the options in PowerPoint 2010.
(See my tip, Circle an object.)įirst, I’ll explain how to use the ink pen and then I’ll explain what I learned that I never knew before. However, if you know in advance that you’ll want to emphasize something, I’d recommend animating a circle around it.
As you can see, the circle is pretty messy, but might be OK for an internal presentation when you want to spontaneously emphasize something on a slide. I used the Highlighter option in this slide.
Most people don’t use this feature very much, because the results look pretty sloppy. You may know that you can draw on your slide while presenting in Slide Show view.