sketching with tablet in Office.

[jim]

I use a mac and a projector in my middle school math classroom.
I want to displace my overhead projector altogether but I still use it
to make drawings, write algorithms, ans so on.
I was thinking about getting a wacom tablet so I could do all of the
drawing / equation stuff on the computer as well. Right now it is hard
to bang out a long division problem or reduce a fraction at the
keyboard.
Will one of these tablets work for this sort of thing in word or power
point? I understand that I would be able to convert text using inkwell
but that isn't what I want to do. I understand that I could draw if I
was using photoshop or something similar, but I don't own anything like
that.

Or is there something in the mac OS that would let me draw?

Thanks
Jim

 

[Barry Wainwright [MVP]]

I use a mac and a projector in my middle school math classroom.
I want to displace my overhead projector altogether but I still use it
to make drawings, write algorithms, ans so on.
I was thinking about getting a wacom tablet so I could do all of the
drawing / equation stuff on the computer as well. Right now it is hard
to bang out a long division problem or reduce a fraction at the
keyboard.
Will one of these tablets work for this sort of thing in word or power
point? I understand that I would be able to convert text using inkwell
but that isn't what I want to do. I understand that I could draw if I
was using photoshop or something similar, but I don't own anything like
that.

Or is there something in the mac OS that would let me draw?

Thanks
Jim

Ink should allow you to insert a 'scribble' as a picture - my tablet isn't
in reach at the moment, so I can't check (it's actually at the back of the
cupboard in the bedroom).

However, word has the ability to include mathematical equations, using
Equation Editor.

Under the 'Insert' menu, choose 'Object...', and select 'Microsoft Equation'
listed there.

See an example of the output here:
<http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/temp/equation.gif>

 

[jim]

I read up on inkwell or is it just ink...
doesn't this OS 10.3 technology allow you to insert a scribble in any
application were you can paste graphics?

Jim

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

During any running powerpoint presentation you can press the W key to turn
the screen white. Control-click and choose Pointer Options>Pen and Pointer
Options>Pen Color.

Press any key to return to the presentation.

You can also write on any slide of a running presentation using the same
methods.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

I use a mac and a projector in my middle school math classroom.
I want to displace my overhead projector altogether but I still use it
to make drawings, write algorithms, ans so on.
I was thinking about getting a wacom tablet so I could do all of the
drawing / equation stuff on the computer as well. Right now it is hard
to bang out a long division problem or reduce a fraction at the
keyboard.
Will one of these tablets work for this sort of thing in word or power
point? I understand that I would be able to convert text using inkwell
but that isn't what I want to do. I understand that I could draw if I
was using photoshop or something similar, but I don't own anything like
that.

Or is there something in the mac OS that would let me draw?

Thanks
Jim

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Mac MVP

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