Tag Archives: laser pointers

How to use the Pen tool in PowerPoint

By Andrew | Published: May 25, 2009
As an alternative to laser pointers you might be interested in using Microsoft PowerPoint’s built in pen tool. In this video post I explain how to use the pen tool and how it could be used to explain code snippets. [Update: RSS readers click here to watch the video] This is my first screen cast, so feedback [...]
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Don’t use Laser pointers

By Andrew | Published: May 4, 2009
If you wave a laser pointer back and forth fast enough you will create a solid trail of light on the wall. When I did some training in India I worked with a very inexperienced presenter. His slides were a dense collection of bullet points. He read out each bullet point verbatim. Worst of all [...]
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