Graphics Tablet and Advancing Slides

[edward.slattery]

I am using a WACOM grpahics tablet in a college classroom and it works
great with blank slides essentially creating a white board with a
memory. I love it.

However, when I prepare slides with information on them and just want
to mark up on those or do some calculations on the slide, it advances
to the next slide. I don't want it to advance until I am ready. It
doesn't do this at home, just at school.

Help.

Ed

 

[Guest]

Professor Slattery,

Are you using PPT2003 or 2007?
This is what I want to do with my tablet or my WACOM. I have one of the
small 4x5 units, and I might take that to school (5th Grade) to get the
students to do some mark-up at the front of the class. They also use my
tablet.

I have been asking here about "inking" but I wondered if Powerpoint 2007
would be very inking-friendly. When I try the blank slide as a background in
PPT2007, I get the benefit you described. The good news is that when I ink on
a slide with other elements it does not advance. In addition, on my tablet I
can use the pen to make a box or invoke any other drawing tool (I haven't
tried them all.)

I'm working tonight on slides for a geography lesson and plan to mark some
things in real time. (See related post)

Jonathan Rawle
(e-mail address removed)12.hi.us
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Jonathan,

I am just thrilled that someone understands my problem. I have emailed
microsoft to see what they can tell me but I am not that hopeful of a reply,
yet alone with an answer to the problem.

I am using PPT 2003 with windows XP.

In WORD, I had to purchase a little program that would allow me to markup a
student's paper. It was inexpensive but works fine. It's recognition isn't
as good as WORD's but I don't need it for that.

The real solution is a tablet PC but that's expensive.

Ed

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I am using a WACOM grpahics tablet in a college classroom and it works
great with blank slides essentially creating a white board with a
memory. I love it.

However, when I prepare slides with information on them and just want
to mark up on those or do some calculations on the slide, it advances
to the next slide. I don't want it to advance until I am ready. It
doesn't do this at home, just at school.

It behaves differently at home vs at school with the same presentations?

Check to see whether the presentation is in KIOSK mode (from the main menu,
slide show, setup show ...). You'll have to add your own navigation buttons
but it should solve the problem.

 

[Guest]

Steve, When I go into Kiosk mode, I lose the ability to mark-up the slides.
The pen icon disappears.

I see how to add navigation buttons and they work fine but the whole point
is to be able to mark up the slides.

I have also written to WACOM and they just got back to me as I was wondering
if the pen might be faulty. They have given me some tricks to see if that is
the problem. I'll let you know.

Ed

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve, When I go into Kiosk mode, I lose the ability to mark-up the slides.
The pen icon disappears.

[DopeSlapsSelf] Of course ... you're right. Sorry about that.

Let's see how Wacom's suggestions work out. Please do let us know, 'kay?