Tool To Draw On Desktop

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With the Screen Draw Tools of Presentation Assistant, you can draw all kinds of lines, rectangles, circles, or add text marks or picture marks on the computer screen to emphasize or clarify the text or diagrams, so the interpretation or demonstration can be clearer.

Drawing on computer screen when you want to:

  • Demonstrate how to work with a software application or point to any error by circling it.
  • Stress on important details in a complex picture, map or diagram.
  • Explain how to navigate through, develop or modify a web site.
  • Highlight important aspects in company presentations, demos and tutorials.

1. How to write and draw on screen

To Draw on screen, just click the Screen Draw button or with the system-wide hot keys Ctrl + 2, The screen will be frozen and a drawing toolbar will float on screen.

The screen draw tools include: Line, Arrow, Pen, Brush, Rectangle and Ellipse, And you can choose from different width pens to draw in your choice of color.

The following table describes each of the screen draw tools along with their description and use.

ButtonTool NameDescription & Use
LineDraw straight line on screen with selected line style
PolylineDraw polyline on screen, Double-click when done
PencilDraw free-form line on screen
BrushDraw using a brush
TextWrite text on screen
ImageDraw image on computer screen
RectangleDraw rectangle or square on screen
EllipseDraw ellipse on screen
Solid RectangleDraw solid rectangle on screen
Solid EllipseDraw solid ellipse on screen
Clear AllClear all and exit screen drawing

2. Draw on Live Screen

You can aloso click the Live button to draw on a “live” screen without freezing screen. For example you can write or draw on a video as it was playing.

3. Draw on Whiteboard

Presentation Assistant emulates a computer whiteboard.Click Board button and shows as following.

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4. Shortcut keys for computer screen drawing

As shown below, thehotkey are available when screen draw is enabled.

To do this

Press this Key Combination:

Increase/decreases the size of the drawing brushUp/Down
Cycles through the available brush colorsRight/Left
Cycles through the available shapesSpace
Cycles through the available line style or pictureTab
Zoom in/Zoom outCtrl+Wheel
Release mouseRight Click
Switch to select mode
Return to Windows while in select mode
Escape
Repeat the previous function F3
Removes the last drawnBackspace
Forces horizontal/vertical drawing line Hold Shift Key
Draw straight line on screenL
Draw polyline on screenO
Draw screen freely P
Draw using brush B
Write text on screenT
Draw image on screenI
Draw rectangle on screenR
Draw ellipse on screenE
Draw solid rectangle on screenShift + R
Draw solid ellipse on screenShift + E
Clear all Ctrl + Del
Choose the brush color1 - 8
Tool to draw on desktop backgrounds

The app works for sketching, drawing, painting, tracing, and whiteboarding. It offers an easy to use and intuitive UI which is very fast. Other features of the app include perspective drawing tools, infinite canvas, a powerful brush engine, and more. Leonardo is specially made for touch-screen Windows tablets which support digital pen inputs.

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Presentation Assistant Step by Step Tutorials

TitleCategoryFormat
Getting StartedWritten
02. Write or Draw Freely on ScreenDrawing on ScreenWritten
03. Demo: Annotate on Screen Drawing on ScreenVideo
04. Demo: Automatically Add a Series of NumbersDrawing on ScreenVideo
05. Virtual Whiteboard Drawing on ScreenWritten
06. Screen MagnifierScreen MagnifierWritten
07. Screen CaptureScreen CaptureWritten
09. Demo: Use Spotlight and Curtain to FocusPresentation ToolsVideo
10. Demo: More Presentation ToolsPresentation ToolsVideo
PointerVideo
12. Demo: Mouse Trail - Drawing the Eyes of Your AudiencePointerVideo
13. Open Documents and Programs QuicklyHelp MeetingWritten
14. Playing Background Music ConvenientlHelp MeetingWritten
15. Shortcut Keys for DrawingReference Written
16. Global Toggle HotkeysReference Written

Presentation Assistant lets you:

Screen Draw Tool

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Windows Desktop Tools

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How To Draw On Desktop Windows 10

  • Draw on screen to communicate for meetings, presentations, and training.
  • Zoom in screen to make it more visible.
  • Use Spotlight or Curtain to attract the audience to focus on the special screen area.
  • Virtual Whiteboard lets your draw on screen making it an ideal tool during presentations.
  • Open documents and programs quickly during the presentation.
  • Play background music conveniently during the presentation.
  • Quickly move windows between monitors.
  • Grab your audience's attention and focus!
  • And so much more...