Short version:
This new release will allow you to use a virtual laser pointer and make ink annotations when presenting through PowerPoint Live in Teams, so the audience can easily follow along. Due late May to early June.
Details:
This new release will allow you to use a virtual laser pointer and make ink annotations when presenting through PowerPoint Live in Teams. Just as you, as a presenter, could use a physical laser pointer in a room, PowerPoint Live allows you to highlight by pointing at different places or data so the audience can easily follow along.
The active “in control” presenter will be able to use these new annotation tools. These tools enable presenters to better express or add content and engage more with their audience by drawing attention to certain sections within the PowerPoint slide show:
Notes:
- Only the active “in control” presenter will be able to see and make annotations via the annotation toolbar.
- Annotations made by the presenter will only remain for the duration of the Microsoft Teams meeting.
- Meeting attendees joining late will be able to see annotations previously made by the presenter.
- No annotations will be saved in the PowerPoint file.
Availability:
Microsoft will begin rolling this out in late May and expect to complete the rollout early June for Teams desktop, web and Mac (not mobile).
