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PowerPoint Digital Laser Pointer (Mac)

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Turn your mouse into a laser pointer

When you're showing a presentation, you can turn your mouse into a laser pointer to draw attention to something on a slide.

WindowsMac

Turn on the laser pointer

  1. On the Slide Show tab, click either Play from Start or Play from Current Slide to start your slide show.

    Play your slide show from the start or from the current slide
  2. In Slide Show view, four helper buttons appear at the lower left corner of your slide. The second one determines how the mouse pointer appears to viewers:

    The button that looks like a pen determines how the mouse pointer appears to viewers

    Click that Pen button, and then choose Laser Pointer from the pop-up menu:

    Choose laser Pointer from the pop-up menu
  3. Press the Option key, and then click and drag the left mouse button to point to the contents on the slide that you want to draw attention to.

Change the color of your laser pointer

By default, the color of the pointer is red, but green and blue are also available. To change the color of the laser pointer, do the following:

  1. In Slide Show mode, click the Laser Pointer icon at the lower left portion of the slide:

    The pointer icon changes to a laser pointer
  2. On the pop-up menu, point to Laser Color, and then select the color you want.

    You can choose red, green, or blue for the color of the laser pointer
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/turn-your-mouse-into-a-laser-pointer-77367b36-d25b-4ed2-8c87-358bc216a1e0#Platform=Mac