Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 64761
add ability to insert blank sheets in presentation to write annotations and save them
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:37:37 UTC
Currently, one can optionally use the mouse as pen to write on the sheets. Inspired by http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-320Spring-2005/VideoLectures/index.htm (e.g. second or third video, not first video), I miss: (a) quick way to change the pen colour (possibly by keyboard or by tiny symbol, a handful colours is enough) (b) inserting a blank sheet to draw on (dito) (c) possibility to save those annotational pen drawings
a is duplicate of issue 10922; b and c I couldn't find, so confirming them here
Can this issue be marked fixed? Basically, it is possible to insert a blank sheet by right clicking and choosing from the context menu either Screen->Black or Screen->White. Part C (saving pen marks) is a duplicate to issue 62973. Unfortunately, this issue violates rule #1: One Problem, One Issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/basic_rules.html#one_per_issue
> Basically, it is possible to insert a blank sheet by right clicking and > choosing from the context menu either Screen->Black or Screen->White. Maybe I do something wrong, but while I can use the pen to write something on normals slides, I fail to use the pen on the white/black slides. What I'd like to do is: - Give a normal presenation, add something with the pen - insert a page to give some extra bits - continue with the talk -> question arise -> go back and have (maybe depending on a presentation option) the inserted slides and the other annotations still there.
I verified that this enhancement is not achieved in the 3.0 version and I also found a bug on the 3.o version. In my test, I was able to insert a blank slide, however; I could not take a note on it. First step is to configure to see the pointer as a pen. Thus, go to slideShow/slideShow setting/ and the check the box "mouse pointer as pen" Then I created 5 new slides, and press F5 to initiate the Slideshow. During the presentation I tried to test the feature under 3 different scenarios: 1) a- insert black/white slide right after the first slide 1) b-insert a black/white between 2nd and 5th slide 1) c-insert a black/white slide right after the last slide. 2) I try to use the pen to take any note. What happened: in step 2, i wasn't able to see what I wrote with my pen until I release the mouse button. After this, the blank slide dissapear and the original slide (the one which I previously design) goes back with the new notes that I took. I always got the same result. Although I was able to insert the black/white slide, I could never take note on it. This is bad for 3 things: 1 you can't see what you are writting. 2 the notes are taken in the original slide rathen than the one inserted during the presentation 3 you can not take many notes since the original slide comes up as soon as you release the mouse button. In my opinion, this is an important bug since this feature is very useful for customers that present their slides under any professional (or not) environment.