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Fireproof!

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Dec 1, 2008
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Frisco, TX
I conduct a lot of web meetings, and during so, I’ll draw on my PowerPoint slides. Currently I have to use my finger on the track pad, and while circles and check marks and the like are ok - trying to write words is very difficult or at least sloppy.

I’d love to be able to use sidecar with my iPad and be able to use my pencil to do it that way.

Anyone know if this is possible?

I‘ve only seen references to apps like Adobe photoshop and illustrator...
 

loekf

macrumors 6502a
Mar 23, 2015
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Nijmegen, The Netherlands
I conduct a lot of web meetings, and during so, I’ll draw on my PowerPoint slides. Currently I have to use my finger on the track pad, and while circles and check marks and the like are ok - trying to write words is very difficult or at least sloppy.

I’d love to be able to use sidecar with my iPad and be able to use my pencil to do it that way.

Anyone know if this is possible?

I‘ve only seen references to apps like Adobe photoshop and illustrator...

Yes, just tried. You can annotate a presentation using sidecar, when you are in presentation mode. You can use the pencil to draw stuff.

The pencil also works for PPT editing.

It's pretty nice. Open PPT on Mac, start side car, move PPT to the iPad. Do some drawing and when needed move PPT back to the Mac.
 
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Fireproof!

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Dec 1, 2008
966
277
Frisco, TX
Yes, just tried. You can annotate a presentation using sidecar, when you are in presentation mode. You can use the pencil to draw stuff.

The pencil also works for PPT editing.

It's pretty nice. Open PPT on Mac, start side car, move PPT to the iPad. Do some drawing and when needed move PPT back to the Mac.
Music to my ears! I can't wait to check it out. That's the one feature I've been looking forward to. Now I just have to re-check my apps to make sure I can live without any 32 bit apps still on my system. Dumb laggards.
 
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