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DavidDoyle
Aug 20, 2020Brass Contributor
Highlight Cursor During Presentations
Are there any plans for Microsoft to incorporate the ability to highlight a presenter's mouse cursor. A basic yellow halo and possibly have the ability to use "focus" to draw the viewer's attention ...
- Feb 11, 2021
DavidDoyle There is an free app in the Microsoft store that works:
Link: below, or search for "mouse highlight" in the store.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/p/mouse-pointer-highlight/9p7sb9s4rq7z
There is also a more capable version created using AutoHotKey:
https://sites.google.com/site/boisvertlab/computer-stuff/online-teaching
PawelWesolowski
Jun 16, 2021Copper Contributor
DavidDoyle
I as well do agree with your proposal. This option should be basic offer in Teams.
I often see, that there is big problem with presentig CAD via Teams, when people can not see at what I am pointing.... this makes the discussion hard to lead and to follow.
Jun 16, 2021
Rolling out right now https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=81966
https://myteamsday.com/2021/06/15/pplivelaser/
https://myteamsday.com/2021/06/15/pplivelaser/
- DavidDoyleJun 17, 2021Brass ContributorThanks but this only applies to PowerPoint... I might add, this is a feature that was already available in PP outside of Teams.
PP is a fraction of what we screen share on a daily basis.- Jun 17, 2021I added a post as the Teams part being new and I got the impression that's what you're missing in this thread, did not @mention you since you already got several replies about other options.
- DavidDoyleJun 17, 2021Brass ContributorI had already noted that PP had this feature in a response last year.
I realize there are other "options" but most often there are limitations imposed by company IT that prevent from being able to use additional software, DLLs or make changes to .ini files.
That said, it's still seems to be an oversight on Microsoft's part to not have this basic feature in Teams.
Zoom has this feature. Our company won't use Zoom though.
Hoping that MS will wake up and add this simple tool some time soon.