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Zoom AI Companion2024-09-25 11:34 AM - edited 2024-09-25 11:39 AM
Running most recent versions of Windows/Office/Zoom.
I have a pen tablet that works well with PowerPoint, but as soon as I turn on screensharing in Zoom the cursor becomes invisible while over a white background in the slide while in presentation mode. If I use the pen to annotate (ppt annotation, not Zoom annotation) it becomes really difficult to work with it. I have been using it without this issue for about a year, so this behaviour is new but I'm not sure if it is a result of updates to the Zoom client, Windows, or PowerPoint.
According to meeting attendees, they can see the pen cursor, so this seems like it is probably a Zoom issue, but I can't be sure.
Edit: Just tried this in MS Teams and the result was exactly the same (missing cursor over white areas), so I guess this is not a Zoom issue after all.
I can use the Zoom annotate as a workaround, but I prefer to use the native function in PowerPoint for a number of reasons.