Write or Draw freely on Computer Screen During Presentations

With the Screen Draw Tools of Presentation Assistant, you can draw all kinds of lines, rectangles, circles, or add text marks or picture marks on the computer screen to emphasize or clarify the text or diagrams, so the interpretation or demonstration can be clearer.

Drawing on computer screen when you want to:

• Demonstrate how to work with a software application or point to any error by circling it.
• Stress on important details in a complex picture, map or diagram.
• Explain how to navigate through, develop or modify a web site.
• Highlight important aspects in company presentations, demos and tutorials.

1. How to write and draw on screen

To Draw on screen, just click the Screen Draw button or with the system-wide hot keys Ctrl + 2, The screen will be frozen and a drawing toolbar will float on screen.

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The screen draw tools include: Line, Arrow, Pen, Brush, Rectangle and Ellipse, And you can choose from different width pens to draw in your choice of color.

The following table describes each of the screen draw tools along with their description and use.

Button	Tool Name	Description & Use
	Line	Draw straight line on screen with selected line style
	Polyline	Draw polyline on screen, Double-click when done
	Pencil	Draw free-form line on screen
	Brush	Draw using a brush
	Text	Write text on screen
	Image	Draw image on computer screen
	Rectangle	Draw rectangle or square on screen
	Ellipse	Draw ellipse on screen
	Solid Rectangle	Draw solid rectangle on screen
	Solid Ellipse	Draw solid ellipse on screen
	Clear All	Clear all and exit screen drawing

2. Draw on Live Screen

You can aloso click the Live button to draw on a “live” screen without freezing screen. For example you can write or draw on a video as it was playing.

3. Draw on Whiteboard

Presentation Assistant emulates a computer whiteboard.Click Board button and shows as following.

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4. Shortcut keys for computer screen drawing

As shown below, the hotkey are available when screen draw is enabled.